scruple
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈskruːpəl/
:
escrúpulo
- She hesitated to accept the promotion due to her scruples about taking credit for someone else's work.
- religious scruples
- moral scruples
- few scruples
They, you know, an unscrupulous person has the power by dint of their lack of scruple to, to do a huge amount of damage.
- They, you know, an unscrupulous person has the power by dint of their lack of scruple to, to do a huge amount of damage.
Examples
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Well, I wouldn't want to violate any religious scruples.
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I have absolutely no scruples.
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You can drop your scruples now too, and go ahead without them.
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Tonight he had no difficulty putting all his normal scruples far from his mind.
Fiction book (1997) -
And perhaps at this late date he was experiencing the scruples he should have felt all along.
Fiction book (1996) -
The American lawyers had not accounted for the religious scruples of the killers.
Academic text (2009) -
"I suppose I'm feeling a conflict between my scientific training and my moral scruples."
Fiction book (1991) -
I think the vast sum of money involved will mollify their scruples.
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Your Aunt Ellie has too many scruples, and sometimes life just isn't that fair.
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I find this disturbing, especially in light of her well-known scruples against even slight violations.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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1.6
A feeling of not being sure about something
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8.4
A feeling of doubt or unease about whether you are doing the right thing
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5.9
A feeling of doubt or worry about whether something will turn out well
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9.6
A feeling of guilt that stops you from doing something bad or follows it
1
7.8
A feeling of doubt or not trusting something
Feelings that make you hesitate because something seems wrong
A feeling of not being sure about something
Antonyms
How Doubtful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scruple meaning a moral doubt comes from the Latin scrupulus 'small sharp stone'. Imagine a pebble in your shoe that makes you stop and think; that's why a scruple is a feeling of doubt or unease about doing something right or wrong, and the same idea is in the word scrupulous.