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scruple meaning in Urdu

اشتباہ iśtibāh

UK/ˈskɹuːpəl//ˈskɹupəl/

scruple in Urdu: اشتباہ (iśtibāh). 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.

Urdu words for scruple

scruple
اشتباہ iśtibāh

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 Urdu

What is the meaning of scruple in Urdu?
Scruple in Urdu is اشتباہ (iśtibāh).
scruple کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Scruple: اشتباہ (iśtibāh).
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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Urdu words from Wiktionary's Urdu entries whose English meaning is “scruple”: اشتباہ. 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 Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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