noun, verb
noun [C,usually pl.,U] a feeling that prevents you from doing sth that you think may be morally wrong:
I overcame my moral scruples. * He had no scruples about spying on her. * She is totally without scruple.
verb [Vtoinf] (not scruple to do sth) (formal) to be willing to do sth even if it might be wrong or immoral
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for scruple is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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