1 (usually scruples) a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action:I had no scruples about eavesdropping [mass noun]:without scruple, politicians use fear as a persuasion weapon
2 historical a unit of weight equal to 20 grains, used by apothecaries:give, daily, one scruple of sulphate of quinine
archaic a very small amount of something, especially a quality:in the choice of a second wife, one scruple of prudence is worth a pound of passion
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hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong:she doesn’t scruple to ask her parents for money
