Scruple jelentése magyarul, definíció, kiejtés és példamondatok

scruple

amerikai:

brit:

Főnév

1. A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).

Szinonimák: s.ap.

2. (by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.

3. A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.

4. Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.

5. A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1/1080 hour.

Ige

1. To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.

2. To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.

3. To regard with suspicion; to question.

4. To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.

I do not scruple to admit that all the Earth seeth but only half of the Moon.