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1.NounHesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
2.NounA weight of ⁄288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
3.NounA Hebrew unit of time equal to ⁄1080 hour.
4.NounA very small quantity; a particle.
5.NounA doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
6.VerbTo hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience."They wouldn't scruple to cheat us if given the opportunity."
7.VerbTo excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
8.VerbTo regard with suspicion; to question.
9.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."