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scruple meaning in Kannada

ಚೂರು

UK/ˈskɹuːpəl//ˈskɹupəl/

scruple in Kannada: ಚೂರು, ಅರೆಮರಿಕೆ, ಧರ್ಮಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮತೆ, ನೀತಿ ಪರಿಜ್ಞಾನ. In English, scruple means hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.

Kannada words for scruple

ಚೂರು, ಅರೆಮರಿಕೆ, ಧರ್ಮಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮತೆ, ನೀತಿ ಪರಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ನೈತಿಕ ಅಳುಕು, ಅಧರ್ಮಭೀತಿ

English meaning of scruple

  1. noun Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.
  2. noun A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
  3. noun A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
  4. noun A very small quantity; a particle.

Full definition of scruple

scruple in a sentence

  • They wouldn't scruple to cheat us if given the opportunity.
  • I do not scruple to admit that all the Earth seeth but only half of the Moon.

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Questions about scruple in Kannada

What is the meaning of scruple in Kannada?
Scruple in Kannada is ಚೂರು, ಅರೆಮರಿಕೆ, ಧರ್ಮಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮತೆ, ನೀತಿ ಪರಿಜ್ಞಾನ.
scruple ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Scruple: ಚೂರು, ಅರೆಮರಿಕೆ, ಧರ್ಮಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮತೆ, ನೀತಿ ಪರಿಜ್ಞಾನ.
What does scruple mean in English?
Scruple means hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience; moral qualm.

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Kannada words from Kannada Wiktionary: scruple (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: scruple (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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