Both Uses
scruples
in
Ella Enchanted
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- My only hope is that one who flies down a stair rail as beautifully as you do can overcome his scruples in this matter.†
p. 163.5 *
- That should satisfy your scruples, Mandy dear.†
p. 203.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(scruples) principles that discourage certain kinds of action
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, scruple can be used as a verb meaning "hesitate on moral grounds" as in "He lied and did not even scruple about it."
Even more rarely and archaically, at one time a scruple was a measure of weight equal to 20 grains (about 1.3 grams).