To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.
Origin
From Old French scrupule, from Latin scrūpulus ("(literally) a small diminutive of scrūpus; perhaps akin to Ancient Greek σκύρος ("the [[chipping#Noun"), from ξυρόν, from ξύω, from Proto-Indo-European *ksunyo-.
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