'Scrupling' definitions:
Definition of 'Scrupling'
From: GCIDE
- Scruple \Scru"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrupled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrupling.] To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience. [1913 Webster]
- We are often over-precise, scrupling to say or do those things which lawfully we may. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- Men scruple at the lawfulness of a set form of divine worship. --South. [1913 Webster]