scruple
noun
a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
will scruple
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future tenseof scruple.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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They are in a state of starvation, and will scruple at no dastardly stratagem to procure money.
From Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 by Various
But surely neither a father nor a sister will scruple in a case of this kind.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott
No person acquainted with his history as contained in the sacred records, will scruple his general devotedness to the service of God.
From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Andrew Lee
These we can spare to France, to fill the new episcopal thrones: men well versed in swearing; and who will scruple no oath which the fertile genius of any of your reformers can devise.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
As to the attack, women are to be the advanced guard, because the soldiers will scruple to fire at them; their ranks, however, will be reinforced by a number of men disguised as women.
From The French Revolution - Volume 1 by John Durand
