Usually means: Moral principles guiding right conduct.
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  1. scruples: Merriam-Webster
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  9. Scruples (TV miniseries), Scruples (disambiguation), Scruples (game), Scruples (miniseries), Scruples (novel), Scruples: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Scruples)

▸ noun:  a synonym for conscience.
▸ noun:  a 1978 novel by Judith Krantz.
▸ noun:  A Question of Scruples is a card game based on ethical dilemmas.
▸ noun:  a 1980 American television miniseries based on the 1978 novel by Judith Krantz.


Opposite:
conscience, conscienceless, conscience-free

Types:
moral, ethical, religious, political, legal, financial, sexual, more...

Phrases:
without scruples, lack of scruples, opposite of scruples, lacking scruples, more...

Adjectives:
religious, conscientious, such, moral, few, constitutional, certain, delicate, ethical, nice, serious

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Opposite:
conscience, conscienceless, conscience-free

Types:
moral, ethical, religious, political, legal, financial, sexual, more...

Phrases:
without scruples, lack of scruples, opposite of scruples, lacking scruples, more...

Adjectives:
religious, conscientious, such, moral, few, constitutional, certain, delicate, ethical, nice, serious

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     taupe,     ivory,     cream, more...




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