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- Scruple - n. - A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
- Scruple - n. - Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
- Scruple - n. - Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
- Scruple - v. i. - To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience.
- Scruple - v. t. - To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.
- Scruple - v. t. - To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
- Scrupled - imp. & p. p. - of Scruple
- Scrupler - n. - One who scruples.
- Demur - v. i. - To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.
- Qualm - n. - A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
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- G771 ἀσθένημα - 771 ἀσθένημα - ἈΣΘΈΝΗΜΑ - - asthénēma - as-then'-ay-mah - from ἀσθενέω; a scruple of conscience:--infirmity. - Noun Neuter - greek
- H4383 מִכְשׁוֹל - 4383 מִכְשׁוֹל - מִכְשׁוֹל - - mikshôwl - mik-shole' - or מִכְשֹׁל; masculine from כָּשַׁל; a stumbling-block, literally or figuratively (obstacle, enticement (specifically an idol), scruple); caused to fall, offence, [idiom] (no-) thing offered, ruin, stumbling-block. - Noun Masculine - heb