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 Scru·ple n.
 1. A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
 2. Hence, a very small quantity; a particle.
    I will not bate thee a scruple.   --Shak.
 3. Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience.
    He was made miserable by the conflict between his tastes and his scruples.   --Macaulay.
 To make scruple, to hesitate from conscientious motives; to scruple. --Locke.