Word of the Day – Scruple

Scruple (noun)

skroo-puhl

Usually scruples. A feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.

Late Middle English: from French scrupule or Latin scrupulus, from scrupus, literally ‘rough pebble’, (figuratively) ‘anxiety’.

Example sentences

“He’s had no scruples about asking her to dinner.”