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KEY: Scruple \n.\

SYN: Misgiving, doubt, hesitation, qualm, reluctance, question.

ANT: recklessness, unscrupulousness, confidence, assurance, self-satisfaction, self-approval, self-complacency.

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KEY: Scruple \v.\ [See SCRAPE].

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KEY: Scrupulous.

SYN: Conscientious, dubious, diffident, punctilious, exact, cautious, nice, precise, reluctant.

ANT: reckless, unscrupulous, unhesitating, confident, self-satisfied, self-complacent, eager.