Get to know Scruple better with 6 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like wonder or fret.
Scruple meaning
- Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
- A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
- A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
Synonyms of Scruple
Using Scruple
- The main meaning on this page is: Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm. | A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈). | A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
- Useful related words include: apothecaries' unit, wonder, fret, niggle.
- In the example corpus, scruple often appears in combinations such as: no scruple, scruple about.
Context around Scruple
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Scruple
- In this selection, "scruple" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, apply stand out and add context to how "scruple" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include did not scruple to modify and from a scruple about oaths. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "scruple" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with scruple
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 1680 he was elected president of the society, but declined the honour from a scruple about oaths. (18 words)
And no idea of perverse wickedness can be framed, which those terrified devotees do not readily, without scruple, apply to their deity. (22 words)
Hence it is that what names theirs carried, ours do the like, and the Fathers make no scruple at it—no more need we. (24 words)
He had, moreover, had no part in the divorce of Catherine of Aragon or in the humiliation of Mary during Henry's reign, and he made no scruple about conforming to the Catholic reaction. (34 words)
Where, however, the rigorous exposition of laws worked hardship on the masses, he did not scruple to modify the decisions of his colleagues for the benefit of the community (Shabbat 134b; Yer. (32 words)
He immediately added, ominously, “Neither ought a man to make scruple of entering and penetrating into these holes and comers, when the inquisition of truth is bis sole object”. (29 words)
Example sentences (6)
He immediately added, ominously, “Neither ought a man to make scruple of entering and penetrating into these holes and comers, when the inquisition of truth is bis sole object”.
And no idea of perverse wickedness can be framed, which those terrified devotees do not readily, without scruple, apply to their deity.
He had, moreover, had no part in the divorce of Catherine of Aragon or in the humiliation of Mary during Henry's reign, and he made no scruple about conforming to the Catholic reaction.
Hence it is that what names theirs carried, ours do the like, and the Fathers make no scruple at it—no more need we.
In 1680 he was elected president of the society, but declined the honour from a scruple about oaths.
Where, however, the rigorous exposition of laws worked hardship on the masses, he did not scruple to modify the decisions of his colleagues for the benefit of the community (Shabbat 134b; Yer.
Common combinations with scruple
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- no scruple 2×
- scruple about 2×