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Definition
ethical or moral principles that discourage certain kinds of action
- Milo had rigid scruples that would not even allow him to borrow a package of pitted dates from the mess hall that day of McWatt's stolen bedsheet, for the food at the mess hall was all still the property of the government.Chapter 7 — McWatt (74% in)
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