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scruple
noun
1 scruple
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains.
Roget 32:
smallness
etc.
adj.;
littleness
etc.
(small size)
193;
tenuity;
paucity;
fewness
etc.
(small number)
103;
meanness,
insignificance
(unimportance)
643;
mediocrity,
moderation.
small quantity,
modicum,
trace,
hint,
minimum;
vanishing point;
material point,
atom,
particle,
molecule,
corpuscle,
point,
speck,
dot,
mote,
jot,
iota,
ace;
minutiae,
details;
look,
thought,
idea,
soupcon,
dab,
dight†,
whit,
tittle,
shade,
shadow;
spark,
scintilla,
gleam;
touch,
cast;
grain,
scruple,
granule,
globule,
minim,
sup,
sip,
sop,
spice,
drop,
droplet,
sprinkling,
dash,
morceau†,
screed,
smack,
tinge,
tincture;
inch,
patch,
scantling,
tatter,
cantlet†,
flitter,
gobbet†,
mite,
bit,
morsel,
crumb,
seed,
fritter,
shive†;
snip,
snippet;
snick†,
snack,
snatch,
slip,
scrag†;
chip,
chipping;
shiver,
sliver,
driblet,
clipping,
paring,
shaving,
hair.
nutshell;
thimbleful,
spoonful,
handful,
capful,
mouthful;
fragment;
fraction
etc.
(part)
51;
drop in the ocean.
animalcule
etc.
193.
trifle
etc.
(unimportant thing)
643;
mere nothing,
next to nothing;
hardly anything;
just enough to swear by;
the shadow of a shade.
finiteness,
finite quantity.
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Roget 319:
gravity,
gravitation;
weight;
heaviness
etc.
adj.;
specific gravity;
pondorosity†,
pressure,
load;
burden,
burthen†;
ballast,
counterpoise;
lump of,
mass of,
weight of.
lead,
millstone,
mountain,
Ossa on Pelion.
weighing,
ponderation†,
trutination†;
weights;
avoirdupois weight,
troy weight,
apothecaries' weight;
grain,
scruple,
drachma†,
ounce,
pound,
lb,
arroba†,
load,
stone,
hundredweight,
cwt,
ton,
long ton,
metric ton,
quintal,
carat,
pennyweight,
tod†.
[metric weights]
gram,
centigram,
milligram,
microgram,
kilogram;
nanogram,
picogram,
femtogram,
attogram.
[Weighing Instrument]
balance,
scale,
scales,
steelyard,
beam,
weighbridge†;
spring balance,
piezoelectric balance,
analytical balance,
two-pan balance,
one-pan balance;
postal scale,
baby scale.
[Science of gravity]
statics.
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Roget 459:
care,
solicitude,
heed;
heedfulness
etc.
adj.;
scruple
etc.
(conscientiousness)
939.
watchfulness
etc.
adj.;
vigilance,
surveillance,
eyes of Argus†,
watch,
vigil,
look out,
watch and ward,
loeil du maitre [Fr.].
alertness
etc.
(activity)
682;
attention
etc.
457;
prudence
&c.,
circumspection
etc.
(caution)
864;
anxiety;
forethought
etc.
510;
precaution
etc.
(preparation)
673;
tidiness
etc.
(order)
58,
(cleanliness)
652;
accuracy
etc.
(exactness)
494;
minuteness,
attention to detail.
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Roget 939:
probity,
integrity,
rectitude;
uprightness
etc.
adj.;
honesty,
faith;
honor;
bonne foi [Fr.],
good faith,
bona fides [Lat.];
purity,
clean hands.
fairness
etc.
adj.;
fair play,
justice,
equity,
impartiality,
principle,
even-handedness;
grace.
constancy;
faithfulness
etc.
adj.;
fidelity,
loyalty;
incorruption,
incorruptibility.
trustworthiness
etc.
adj.;
truth,
candor,
singleness of heart;
veracity
etc.
543;
tender conscience
etc.
(sense of duty)
926.
punctilio,
delicacy,
nicety;
scrupulosity,
scrupulousness
etc.
adj.;
scruple;
point,
point of honor;
punctuality.
dignity
&c.,
(repute)
873;
respectability,
respectableness
etc.
adj.;
gentilhomme [Fr.],
gentleman;
man of honor,
man of his word;
fidus Achates [Lat.],
preux chevalier [Fr.],
galantuomo [It];
truepenny†,
trump,
brick;
true Briton;
white man [U.S.].
court of honor,
a fair field and no favor;
argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.].
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2 scruple
Uneasiness about the fitness of an action.
synonyms: misgiving, qualm.
Roget 485:
unbelief,
disbelief,
misbelief;
discredit,
miscreance†;
infidelity
etc.
(irreligion)
989†;
dissent
etc.
489;
change of opinion
etc.
484;
retraction
etc.
607.
doubt
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
skepticism,
scepticism,
misgiving,
demure;
distrust,
mistrust,
cynicism;
misdoubt†,
suspicion,
jealousy,
scruple,
qualm;
onus probandi [Lat.].
incredibility,
incredibleness;
incredulity.
[person who doubts]
doubter,
skeptic,
cynic. ;
unbeliever
etc.
487.
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Roget 603:
unwillingness
etc.
adj.;
indisposition,
indisposedness†;
disinclination,
aversation†;
nolleity†,
nolition†;
renitence†,
renitency;
reluctance;
indifference
etc.
866;
backwardness
etc.
adj.;
slowness
etc.
275;
want of alacrity,
want of readiness;
indocility
etc.
(obstinacy)
606†.
scrupulousness,
scrupulosity;
qualms of conscience,
twinge of conscience;
delicacy,
demur,
scruple,
qualm,
shrinking,
recoil;
hesitation
etc.
(irresolution)
605;
fastidiousness
etc.
868.
averseness
etc.
(dislike)
867†;
dissent
etc.
489;
refusal
etc.
764.
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Polish: opory, opór
3 scruple
An ethical or moral principle that inhibits action.
Dutch: gewetensbezwaar, scrupules
verb
1 scruple
Hesitate on moral grounds.
Roget 485:
disbelieve,
discredit;
not believe
etc.
484;
misbelieve†;
refuse to admit
etc.
(dissent)
489;
refuse to believe
etc.
(incredulity)
487.
doubt;
be doubtful
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
doubt the truth of;
be skeptical as to
etc.
adj.;
diffide†;
distrust,
mistrust;
suspect,
smoke,
scent,
smell a rat;
have doubts,
harbor doubts,
entertain doubts,
suspicions;
have one's doubts.
demure,
stick at,
pause,
hesitate,
scruple;
stop to consider,
waver.
hang in suspense,
hang in doubt.
throw doubt upon,
raise a question;
bring in,
call in question;
question,
challenge,
dispute;
deny
etc.
536;
cavil;
cause a doubt,
raise a doubt,
start a doubt,
suggest a doubt,
awake a doubt,
make suspicion;
ergotize†.
startle,
stagger;
shake one's faith,
shake one's belief,
stagger one's faith,
stagger one's belief.
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Roget 603:
be unwilling
etc.
adj.;
nill;
dislike
etc.
867;
grudge,
begrudge;
not be able to find it in one's heart to,
not have the stomach to.
demur,
stick at,
scruple,
stickle;
hang fire,
run rusty;
recoil,
shrink,
swerve;
hesitate
etc.
605;
avoid
etc.
623.
oppose
etc.
708;
dissent
etc.
489;
refuse
etc.
764.
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Roget 615a:
have no motive;
scruple
etc.
(be unwilling)
603.
2 scruple
3 scruple
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