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Scrupling
To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
📖 Definitions of "Scrupling"
verb
- 1
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."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Scrupling"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| misgivingnoun | doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread |
| qualmverb | (intransitive) To have a sickly feeling. |
| scumblingnoun | An application of scumbling; an opaque glaze. |
| scampingnoun | A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. |
| scurvily | In a scurvy manner; in a low, disgusting and mean way. |
| scummingnoun | (video games, derogatory) The strategy of collecting easy rewards in unchallenging areas, e.g. when a high-level character visits levels suitable for low-level characters in roguelike games. |
| scrapingverb | (computing) Automated collection of data, data scraping. |
| scroopnoun | A rustling sound like that produced from friction between silk fibers. |
| scoursnoun | (veterinary medicine) Diarrhea in horses and cattle caused by intestinal infection. |
| scallopingnoun | A scalloped pattern. |
| scurfynoun | Characterized by scurf; covered with scurf. |
| scutchingnoun | The separation of the woody shives from flax, hemp, and jute fibres by beating with a scutch. |
| scrappingnoun | The act by which something is scrapped. |
| scrabbledverb | (transitive) To gather hastily. |
| scirrhous | (medicine) Proceeding from scirrhus; of the nature of scirrhus. |
| crumplingnoun | The act by which something crumples. |
| scoundrelly | Like or befitting a scoundrel. |
| scotchingverb | (transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful. |
| scoopingverb | The process or result of something being scooped. |
| scrabblingverb | A sound or motion that scrabbles. |
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