SCRUPLE
\skɹˈuːpə͡l], \skɹˈuːpəl], \s_k_ɹ_ˈuː_p_əl]\
Definitions of SCRUPLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
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a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
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have doubts about
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hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure himself"
By Princeton University
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an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
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a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
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have doubts about
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hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure himself"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To hesitate.
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A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
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Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
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Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
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To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
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To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
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To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
By Oddity Software
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A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
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Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
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Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
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To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
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To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
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To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
By Noah Webster.
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In apothecaries' weight, a weight of one-third of a dram, or twenty grains; a very small quantity; hesitation from difficulty in deciding between right and wrong.
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To hesitate from conscientious motives.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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A small weight (20 grains, or 1/2 drachm): a very small quantity: reluctance to decide or act, as from motives of conscience: difficulty.
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To hesitate in deciding or acting.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To entertain scruples; doubt; hesitate.
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Doubt regarding a question of moral duty.
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An apothecaries' weight of twenty grains.
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A minute quantity.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [French, Latin] Doubt; perplexity; difficulty; hesitation from the difficulty of deciding what is right or expedient; reluctance or backwardness in speech or action;-a weight of 20 grains; the third part of a drachm hence, a very small quantity.
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