Scruples
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:16 pts8 letters
Definition of Scruples
noun
- A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
- (by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
- A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
- Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
- A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1/1080 hour.
verb
- To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
- To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
- To regard with suspicion; to question.
- To 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."
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