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1. A unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
    
2. Uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)
   - qualm, misgiving
    
3. An ethical or moral principle that inhibits action

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

Derived forms: scrupling, scruples, scrupled

Type of: anxiety, apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight, fret, fuss, hesitate, niggle, pause, principle, question, wonder

Part of: drachm, drachma, dram

Encyclopedia: Scruple