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What does scruple mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) A weight of twenty grains or one third of a dram, in England about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
  2. (obsolete) Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
  3. (obsolete) A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
  4. Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
  5. A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1⁄1080 hour.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
  2. (intransitive) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
  3. (transitive) To regard with suspicion; to question.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.
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