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Meanings of scruple in English

Portuguese
receio
Catalan
recel
Spanish
duda

Uneasiness about the fitness of an action.

        receio
        Usage of scruple in English
        1
        No moral scruple kept the lovers apart; and they determined to fly.
        Robert Browning: How to Know Him
        2
        So I have the less scruple in sending you this last word.
        The Case of Richard Meynell
        3
        And the same scruple induced you to tell the prince that Mdlle.
        The Wandering Jew — Volume 08
        4
        The married women associate with the unmarried mothers of families without scruple.
        The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
        5
        All the promises of the king were violated without scruple or shame.
        Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
        6
        Henrietta did not scruple to seize the hand of the embarrassed gentleman.
        The Poor Plutocrats
        7
        Rankin had reckoned on a scruple, and removed the ground of it.
        The Divine Fire
        8
        Attacked by the civil power, they without scruple repelled force by force.
        The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
        9
        They may be supposed to scruple upon one of these grounds: 1.
        The Covenants And The Covenanters / Covenants, Sermons, and Docu...
        10
        At Zlotorja they did not scruple to kidnap even the prince himself.
        The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance
        11
        No sentimental scruple made the blow waver or deflected her resolute aim.
        The Custom of the Country
        12
        This is a man without scruple who will pursue his own interest.
        The White Queen
        13
        The former have claws, and do not scruple to help themselves first.
        Recollections of My Youth
        14
        Krishna, however, once more said unto him-Donot scruple in this matter.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
        15
        Being well armed, we made no scruple of attacking it at once.
        The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3
        16
        Overhearing my own name barked into the transmitter, I listened without scruple.
        Branded
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        Translations for scruple
        Portuguese
        receio
        Spanish
        dudarecelo
        Scruple through the time
        Scruple across language varieties
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