Scruples

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The word scruples or scruple can mean:

  • An uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action. (Synonym: "qualm".)
  • A a unit of apothecary weight. It is equivalent to a twenty-fourth part of an ounce, 1.3 grams, or 20 grains.
  • Scruples, a novel by Judith Krantz.