a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action
I had no scruples about eavesdropping
without scruple, politicians use fear as a persuasion weapon
a unit of weight equal to 20 grains, used by apothecaries
give, daily, one scruple of sulphate of quinine
hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong
she doesn't scruple to ask her parents for money