escrópulo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- scruple noun A feeling of doubt or unease that stops you doing something because it may not be right.
Senses
escrópulo is used for these senses in English:
- scruple (pharmacy) A weight of 1⁄288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
scruple — full definition
- noun A feeling of doubt or unease that stops you doing something because it may not be right.
- noun A unit of weight equal to one two-hundred-and-eighty-eighth of a pound, namely twenty grains or a third of a dram, roughly 1.3 grams (symbol ℈).
- noun A traditional Hebrew unit for measuring very short periods of time.
- noun A tiny amount of something.
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