Usually means: Hesitation due to ethical concerns.
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  3. scruple: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. scruple: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. scruple: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. scruple: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  13. scruple (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
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  15. Scruple (unit), Scruple: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  17. scruple: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  1. Scruple: Catholic Encyclopedia

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  1. Scruple: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Scruple: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
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  1. scruple: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
noun:  (pharmacy) A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
noun:  A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
noun:  (obsolete, by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
noun:  (obsolete) A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
verb:  (intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
verb:  (intransitive) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
verb:  (transitive) To regard with suspicion; to question.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.

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