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Scruple
/ˈskɹuːpəl/
A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
📖 Definitions of "Scruple"
- 1
A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
- 2
(by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
- 3
A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
- 4
Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
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To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
- 2
To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
- 3
To regard with suspicion; to question.
- 4
To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.
"I do not scruple to admit that all the Earth seeth but only half of the Moon."
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