We found 36 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word scruple:
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 General (26 matching dictionaries)
- scruple: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- scruple: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- scruple: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- scruple: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- scruple: Wiktionary [home, info]
- scruple: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- scruple: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- scruple: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- scruple: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- scruple (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- scruple: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- scruple: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- Scruple: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Scruple: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- scruple: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- scruple: Rhymezone [home, info]
- scruple: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- scruple: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- scruple: Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
- Scruple: 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
- scruple: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- scruple: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words [home, info]
- scruple: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- scruple: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- scruple: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- scruple: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- scruple: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
- scruple: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary [home, info]
- scruple: online medical dictionary [home, info]
- scruple: Medical dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
- scruple: Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols [home, info]
Religion (1 matching dictionary)
- Scruple: Catholic Encyclopedia [home, info]
Science (4 matching dictionaries)
- Scruple: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
- Scruple: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics [home, info]
- Scruple: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics [home, info]
- scruple (s): How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement [home, info]
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Quick definitions (scruple)
▸ noun: an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
▸ noun: uneasiness about the fitness of an action
▸ noun: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
▸ verb: hesitate on moral grounds ("The man scrupled to perjure himself")
▸ verb: have doubts about
▸ verb: raise scruples ("He lied and did not even scruple about it")
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