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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scru•ple /ˈskrupəl/USA pronunciation n. - a moral belief that holds back one's behavior or prevents one from doing certain actions: [countable]His scruples kept him from pocketing the money he had found on the floor.[uncountable]killing without scruple.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scru•ple (skro̅o̅′pəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -pled, -pling. n. - a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
- a very small portion or amount.
- Weights and Measuresa unit of weight equal to 20 grains (1.295 grams) or 1⁄3 of a dram, apothecaries' weight.
- Weights and Measuresan ancient Roman unit of weight equivalent to 1⁄24 of an ounce or 1⁄288 of an as or pound. Cf. as 2 (def. 2).
v.i. - to have scruples.
v.t. - to have scruples about;
hesitate at.
- Latin scrīpulum (variant scriptulum) small weight, pebble, alteration of scrūpulus by association with scrīptum writing (see script; for sense relation compare gram)
- Latin scrūpulus unit of weight, worry, precaution equivalent. to scrūp(us) rough pebble + -ulus -ule; replacing earlier scriple, Middle English
- French scrupule)
- (1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged qualm, compunction, restraint.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged waver.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: scruple /ˈskruːpəl/ n - (often plural) a doubt or hesitation as to what is morally right in a certain situation
- archaic a very small amount
- a unit of weight equal to 20 grains (1.296 grams)
vb - (obsolete when tr) to have doubts (about), esp for a moral reason
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin scrūpulus a small weight, from scrūpus rough stone |