scruple

Etymology
From, from , diminutive of ; perhaps akin to , from , from , from. .

Noun

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

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:, gemoedsbezwaar,
 * French:
 * Galician: escrúpulo
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐνθυμία
 * Latin: scrupulus
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:


 * Latin: scrupulus
 * Portuguese: escrópulo
 * Spanish:

Verb

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

Translations

 * Bulgarian: имам скрупули
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὀκνέω
 * Russian:, , не решаться
 * Spanish: ,