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Definition scruple

Etymology

From Old French scrupule, from Latin scr?pulus (“(literally) a small sharp or pointed stone; the twenty-fourth part of an ounce; uneasiness of mind, anxiety, doubt, trouble; scruple”), diminutive of scr?pus (“a rough or sharp stone; anxiety, uneasiness”); perhaps akin to Ancient Greek ?????? (skúros, “the chippings of stone”), from ????? (xurón, “razor”), from ??? (xú?, “to scrape”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksunyo-.

Noun

scruple (plural scruples)

  1. (obsolete) A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, in England about 1.3 grams (symbol: ?).
  2. (obsolete, by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
  3. (obsolete) A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
  4. Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
  5. A Hebrew unit of time equal to ?1080 hour.

Verb

scruple (third-person singular simple present scruples, present participle scrupling, simple past and past participle scrupled)

  1. (intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
  2. (intransitive) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
  3. (transitive) To regard with suspicion; to question.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.

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CUPELS 14
LUCRES 11
PULERS 11
PULSER 11
SPRUCE 13
ULCERS 11
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CRUEL 10
CUPEL 13
CURLS 10
LUCES 10
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PULER 10
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SCULP 13
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CEPS 10
CLUE 9
CRUS 8
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SCUP 11
SLUE 6
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SPEC 10
SPUE 8
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SUER 5
SUPE 8
SURE 5
USER 5
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CEP 9
CUE 7
CUP 10
CUR 7
ECU 7
ELS 4
ERS 3
LEU 5
PEC 9
PER 6
PES 6
PUL 8
PUR 7
PUS 7
REC 6
REP 6
RES 3
RUE 4
SEC 6
SEL 4
SER 3
SUE 4
SUP 7
UPS 7
USE 4
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ER 2
ES 2
PE 5
RE 2
UP 6
US 3

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