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Scruple :: Scruple (n.) A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.

Scruple :: Scruple (v. t.) To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.

Scruple :: Scruple (n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience..

Qualm :: Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.

Scruple :: Scruple (v. i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience..

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly..

Scruou-lize :: Scruou-lize (v. t.) To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples.

Sticked :: Stick (v. i.) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation..

Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at..

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

Scrupulous :: Scrupulous (a.) Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong..

Superstitious :: Superstitious (a.) Evincing superstition; overscrupulous and rigid in religious observances; addicted to superstition; full of idle fancies and scruples in regard to religion.

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement..

Scruple :: Scruple (v. t.) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.

Obole :: Obole (n.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple..

Doubter :: Doubter (n.) One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.

Seduction :: Seduction (n.) The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity..

Scruple :: Scruple (n.) Hence, a very small quantity; a particle..

Scrupulist :: Scrupulist (n.) A scrupler.

Scrupler :: Scrupler (n.) One who scruples.

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