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scruple
(encz) | scruple,skrupule Zdeněk Brož |
scruple
(encz) | scruple,zábrany n: Zdeněk Brož |
Scruple
(gcide) | Scruple \Scru"ple\, v. t.
1. To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
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Others long before them . . . scrupled more the
books of heretics than of gentiles. --Milton.
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2. To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. [R.]
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Letters which did still scruple many of them. --E.
Symmons.
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Scruple
(gcide) | Scruple \Scru"ple\, n. [L. scrupulus a small sharp or pointed
stone, the twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple,
uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone,
anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to Gr. ? the chippings of
stone, ? a razor, Skr. kshura: cf. F. scrupule.]
1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
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2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
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I will not bate thee a scruple. --Shak.
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3. Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining
what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or
hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
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He was made miserable by the conflict between his
tastes and his scruples. --Macaulay.
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To make scruple, to hesitate from conscientious motives; to
scruple. --Locke.
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Scruple
(gcide) | Scruple \Scru"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrupled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scrupling.]
To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on
account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
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We are often over-precise, scrupling to say or do those
things which lawfully we may. --Fuller.
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Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine
worship. --South.
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scruple
(wn) | scruple
n 1: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
2: uneasiness about the fitness of an action [syn: scruple,
qualm, misgiving]
3: an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
v 1: hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure
himself"
2: raise scruples; "He lied and did not even scruple about it"
3: have doubts about |
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scruples
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Scruple
(gcide) | Scruple \Scru"ple\, v. t.
1. To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
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Others long before them . . . scrupled more the
books of heretics than of gentiles. --Milton.
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2. To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. [R.]
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Letters which did still scruple many of them. --E.
Symmons.
[1913 Webster]Scruple \Scru"ple\, n. [L. scrupulus a small sharp or pointed
stone, the twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple,
uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone,
anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to Gr. ? the chippings of
stone, ? a razor, Skr. kshura: cf. F. scrupule.]
1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
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2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
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I will not bate thee a scruple. --Shak.
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3. Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining
what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or
hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
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He was made miserable by the conflict between his
tastes and his scruples. --Macaulay.
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To make scruple, to hesitate from conscientious motives; to
scruple. --Locke.
[1913 Webster]Scruple \Scru"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrupled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scrupling.]
To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on
account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
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We are often over-precise, scrupling to say or do those
things which lawfully we may. --Fuller.
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Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine
worship. --South.
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Scrupled
(gcide) | Scruple \Scru"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrupled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Scrupling.]
To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on
account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
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We are often over-precise, scrupling to say or do those
things which lawfully we may. --Fuller.
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Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine
worship. --South.
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Scrupler
(gcide) | Scrupler \Scru"pler\, n.
One who scruples.
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To make scruple
(gcide) | Scruple \Scru"ple\, n. [L. scrupulus a small sharp or pointed
stone, the twenty-fourth part of an ounce, a scruple,
uneasiness, doubt, dim. of scrupus a rough or sharp stone,
anxiety, uneasiness; perh. akin to Gr. ? the chippings of
stone, ? a razor, Skr. kshura: cf. F. scrupule.]
1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
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2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
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I will not bate thee a scruple. --Shak.
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3. Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining
what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or
hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
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He was made miserable by the conflict between his
tastes and his scruples. --Macaulay.
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To make scruple, to hesitate from conscientious motives; to
scruple. --Locke.
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scruples
(wn) | scruples
n 1: motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral
principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
[syn: conscience, scruples, moral sense, {sense of
right and wrong}] |
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