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skrupling |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scruple \Scru"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scrupled}; p. pr & vb n. {Skrupling}.] To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action on account of considerations of conscience or expedience. We are often over-precise, scrupling to say or do those things which lawfully we may --Fuller. Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine worship. --South.
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