Assertion: scruple | /r/HasProperty | obsolete
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text: As nouns the difference between scruple and compunction is that scruple is (obsolete) a weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram while compunction is a pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.
text: As nouns the difference between scruple and qualm is that scruple is (obsolete) a weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram while qualm is mortality; plague; pestilence.
text: As nouns the difference between ethics and scruple is that ethics is (philosophy) the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct while scruple is (obsolete) a weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.
text: In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between scruple and principle is that scruple is (obsolete) to doubt; to question; to hesitate to believe; to question the truth of (a fact, etc) while principle is (obsolete) a beginning.
text: As nouns the difference between scruple and principle is that scruple is (obsolete) a weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram while principle is a fundamental assumption.
text: In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between scruple and conscience is that scruple is (obsolete) to doubt; to question; to hesitate to believe; to question the truth of (a fact, etc) while conscience is (obsolete) consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.
text: As nouns the difference between scruple and conscience is that scruple is (obsolete) a weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram while conscience is the moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour.