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Scruple Half Hesitate Reluctant Podstatné Jméno Feeling Doubt

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podstatné jméno
a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.
I had no scruples about eavesdropping
a unit of weight equal to 20 grains, used by apothecaries.
Oil of the seed, given from half a scruple to half a dram, in some liquor, or a spoonful of juice in some wine, taken before the fit comes on, and the person is put to bed, cures quotidians and quartans.
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hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong.
she doesn't scruple to ask her parents for money
synonyma: hesitate to, be reluctant to, be loath to, have qualms about, have scruples about, . (without scruple). 

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