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scruple

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Noun — A feeling of doubt or unease that stops you doing something because it may not be right.

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1. noun

A feeling of doubt or unease that stops you doing something because it may not be right.

2. noun

A tiny amount of something.

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From Old French scrupule, from Latin scrūpulus (“(literally) a small sharp or pointed stone; uneasiness of mind, anxiety, doubt, trouble; scruple”) and scrūpulum (“one twenty-fourth of an ounce”), diminutives of scrūpus (“a rough or sharp stone; anxiety, uneasiness”); perhaps akin to Ancient Greek σκύρος (skúros, “the...

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