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“scrupled”
scruple, scruples, scrupling, scrupled (verb forms)
1. To hesitate to act, or to refrain from taking action, because of moral or ethical considerations.
2. To delay doing something because of thoughts about what is right or wrong.
3. To hesitate as a result of one's conscience or principles about doing something bad: "The man scrupled about perjuring himself; but, after he lied, he didn't scruple about it anymore."
2. To delay doing something because of thoughts about what is right or wrong.
3. To hesitate as a result of one's conscience or principles about doing something bad: "The man scrupled about perjuring himself; but, after he lied, he didn't scruple about it anymore."
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