scruple

IPA: skrˈupʌɫ

Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
(pharmacy) 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.
(obsolete, by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
(obsolete) A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.

(intransitive) To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
(intransitive) To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
(transitive) To regard with suspicion; to question.
(intransitive, obsolete) To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.

Examples of "scruple" in Sentences

My point is a matter of scruple.
It's nice to see that you share the same scruple.
Such traitors have no scruple in regards morality.
Harley employed her influence without scruple, and not in vain.
On this material, the pedantic scruples of pilpul are exercised.
He expressed regret for having an underdeveloped sense of scruple.
At the risk of seeming to quibble, I'll add these further scruples.
It's strange that he should have such a scruple at the last moment.
Also, there shall be total freedom of scruples for people of all faiths.
To be sure, a lot of the opposition to slavery and especially to its spread was motivated less by moral scruple.