Scruple
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Scruple
noun
- An uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action.
- A unit of apothecary weight equal to about 1.3 grams, or 20 grains.
- A minute part or amount.
- Perplexity, trouble, or uneasiness of conscience; hesitation or reluctance in acting, arising from inability to satisfy conscience, or from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt; backwardness in deciding or acting.
intransitive verb
- To hesitate as a result of conscience or principle.
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