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Noun scruple has 3 senses
- scruple - a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
--1 is a kind of ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality; apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight; ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality; apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
--1 is a part of dram, drachm, drachma
--1 has part: grain
--1 has particulars:
- scruple, qualm, misgiving - uneasiness about the fitness of an action
--2 is a kind of anxiety; anxiety
- scruple - an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
--3 is a kind of principle; principle
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