Scrupled

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.

2.verbTo excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.

3.verbTo regard with suspicion; to question.

4.verbTo 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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