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• n  motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
• n  a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains
• n  uneasiness about the fitness of an action
• n  an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
• v  hesitate on moral grounds
• v  raise scruples
• v  have doubts about

• If someone so young arrives at the top, it means only one thing: that he knows how to kill and has no scruples about it.
• Because the director has brought his monsters and their world to teeming life, City of God conquers your scruples and stokes an appreciation for the feral strength of the doomed .
• The belief of some Democrats that only scruples are stopping them from swift-boating as effectively as Republicans is almost touching.

• conscience
• moral sense
• sense of right and wrong
• scruple
• qualm
• misgiving

News & Articles

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• Aelfwine letter: Why are people so upset?
  I am 66 and “straight, but not narrow.” Can someone please tell me why everyone is so upset with gay marriage, because I can’t figure it out. Does it violate you religious scruples? Fine: Marry the opposite gender.
  July 5, 2013 - Laramie Boomerang

Quotes

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• Robert Gates in Los Angeles Times
  I think we have to make these decisions judiciously,Gates said. "But we also do not simply want to turn over these military relationships to other countries who don't have as many scruples as we do in terms of making these decisions."