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   scruple

   /ˈskruːpl/

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action: "I had no scruples about eavesdropping"
   • 2. a unit of weight equal to 20 grains, used by apothecaries: historical "give, daily, one scruple of sulphate of quinine"
   • ▪ a very small amount of something, especially a quality: archaic "in the choice of a second wife, one scruple of prudence is worth a pound of passion"

   verb

   • 1. hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong: "she doesn't scruple to ask her parents for money"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French scrupule or Latin scrupulus, from scrupus, literally ‘rough pebble’, (figuratively) ‘anxiety’.

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