scrupling Definition

scruple
noun

1. A sense of moral responsibility making one reluctant or unwilling to do wrong.

Example: He has no scruples
Thesaurus: doubt, compunction, qualm, misgiving, objection, reluctance, hesitation, uneasiness, pang.
Form: scruples (usually)
2. A unit of weight equal to 20 grains (grain noun 9).

verb

intr
scrupled, scrupling
1. To be reluctant or unwilling because of scruples.

Example: I would scruple to steal even if we were starving

Idiom: make scruple about something (make scruples about something)

To offer moral objections to it.

Etymology: 14c: from Latin scrupulus pebble or anxiety, from scrupus.