āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
scruple
/skÉšËuËpÉâl/
Scruple
01
āĻ¸āĻāĻļāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž
a principle that makes one doubtful or reluctant toward a morally wrong action
02
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻļā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž
uneasiness about the fitness of an action
03
āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻ˛, ā§¨ā§Ļ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻˇā§āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻ
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
to scruple
01
āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to hesitate or be dubious about doing something that one thinks might be wrong or immoral
02
āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻž
raise scruples
03
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
hesitate on moral grounds
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
