scruples

nounmisgiving, doubt
verbbalk, have misgivings

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Word Origin & History

"moral misgiving, pang of conscience," late 14c., from Old French scrupule (14c.), from Latin scrupulus "uneasiness, anxiety, pricking of conscience," literally "small sharp stone," diminutive of scrupus "sharp stone or pebble," used figuratively by Cicero for a cause of uneasiness or anxiety, probably from the notion of having a pebble in one's shoe. The word in the more literal Latin sense of "small unit of weight or measurement" is attested in English from late 14c.

Example Sentences for scruples

"It was Captain Haley that tied me here," said Robert, his scruples removed.

All your scruples, you see, have met with an indulgence truly maternal from me.

You see, my dear, he scruples not to speak of himself, as his enemies speak of him.

I'm afraid my scruples vanished when I got him before my easel.

But he was now becoming uneasy, scruples were tingeing his reverie with anxiety.

Is it for him to talk of scruples when upon this subject I have none?

Wentworth had some trouble in overcoming his friend's scruples.

Violence I will not employ, so let your scruples be at rest.

I don't know what your scruples are—I shall never ask you again.

It was not exactly through her scruples, it was through her vanity.

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