scruple

«scruple» in Mova's school dictionary: a feeling that stops you doing something because you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (scruples); verb (scruple, scruples, scrupled, scrupling)

meaning for a pupil

1) A scruple is a feeling that stops you doing something because you think it may be wrong. tree →

2) To scruple is to hesitate to do something because you think it may be wrong. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, «did not scruple to» means did not hesitate to do something, even if it was wrong; in talk, «no scruples» means no worry about right and wrong

examples

• He had no scruples about lying. tree →
• The man did not scruple to tell a long story. tree →
• She did not scruple to take the last cake. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scruple» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.