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scrupleless

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scru⋅ple

  [skroo-puhl] noun, verb, -pled, -pling.
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–noun
1. a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
2. a very small portion or amount.
3. a unit of weight equal to 20 grains (1.295 grams) or 1/3 of a dram, apothecaries' weight.
4. an ancient Roman unit of weight equivalent to 1/24 of an ounce or 1/288 of an as or pound. Compare as 2 (def. 2).
–verb (used without object)
5. to have scruples.
–verb (used with object)
6. to have scruples about; hesitate at.
Origin:
1350–1400; (< F scrupule) < L scrūpulus unit of weight, worry, precaution equiv. to scrūp(us) rough pebble + -ulus -ule; r. earlier scriple, ME < L scrīpulum (var. scriptulum) small weight, pebble, alter. of scrūpulus by assoc. with scrīptum writing (see script; for sense relation cf. gram )

Related forms:
scru⋅ple⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. qualm, compunction, restraint. 6. waver.
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Main Entry: scru·ple
Pronunciation: 'skrü-p&l
Function: noun
: a unit of apothecaries' weight equal to 20 grains or 1/3dram or 1.296 grams
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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scruple scru·ple (skr&oomacr;'pəl)
n.

  1. An uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action.

  2. A unit of apothecary weight that is equal to about 1.3 grams, or 20 grains.

  3. A minute part or amount.

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