We are often over-precise, scrupling to say or do those
things which lawfully we may. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine worship. --South. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
scrupled — scru·ple || skruËpl n. qualm, compunction; moral; misgiving, hesitation; iota, tiny amount; unit of weight equal to 1/3 of a dram (1.295 grams) v. have qualms; hesitate, have misgivings … English contemporary dictionary
scruple — I UK [ˈskruːp(ə)l] / US [ˈskrup(ə)l] noun [countable, usually plural] Word forms scruple : singular scruple plural scruples a moral principle that prevents you from doing something that you think is bad She had no scruples about eavesdropping on… … English dictionary
Scruple — Scru ple, v. t. 1. To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question. [1913 Webster] Others long before them . . . scrupled more the books of heretics than of gentiles. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scruple — Scru ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrupled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrupling}.] To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience. [1913 Webster] We are often over precise, scrupling to say or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scrupling — Scruple Scru ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrupled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrupling}.] To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience. [1913 Webster] We are often over precise, scrupling to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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