scruples

Meanings

Noun

• motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
• a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
• uneasiness about the fitness of an action
• an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
• plural of scruple

Verb

• hesitate on moral grounds
• raise scruples
• have doubts about
• third-person singular simple present indicative of scruple

Synonyms

conscience, misgiving, moral sense, qualm, scruple, sense of right and wrong