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Definition of scruple verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

scruple

verb
 
/ˈskruːpl/
 
/ˈskruːpl/
[intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scruple
 
/ˈskruːpl/
 
/ˈskruːpl/
he / she / it scruples
 
/ˈskruːplz/
 
/ˈskruːplz/
past simple scrupled
 
/ˈskruːpld/
 
/ˈskruːpld/
past participle scrupled
 
/ˈskruːpld/
 
/ˈskruːpld/
-ing form scrupling
 
/ˈskruːplɪŋ/
 
/ˈskruːplɪŋ/
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  1. not scruple to do something to be willing to do something even if it might be wrong
    Word Originlate Middle English: from French scrupule or Latin scrupulus, from scrupus, literally ‘rough pebble’, (figuratively) ‘anxiety’.
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