Associations to the word «Scruple»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
SCRUPLE, noun. (obsolete) A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
SCRUPLE, noun. (obsolete) Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
SCRUPLE, noun. Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
SCRUPLE, noun. (obsolete) A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
SCRUPLE, noun. A measurement of time. Hebrew culture broke the hour into 1080 scruples.
SCRUPLE, verb. (intransitive) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
SCRUPLE, verb. To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
SCRUPLE, verb. (obsolete) To doubt; to question; to hesitate to believe; to question the truth of (a fact, etc.).
SCRUPLE, verb. To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
Dictionary definition
SCRUPLE, noun. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains.
SCRUPLE, noun. Uneasiness about the fitness of an action.
SCRUPLE, noun. An ethical or moral principle that inhibits action.
SCRUPLE, verb. Hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure himself".
SCRUPLE, verb. Raise scruples; "He lied and did not even scruple about it".
SCRUPLE, verb. Have doubts about.
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.