scruple

SKROO-pel (‘oo’ as in ‘balloon’)

noun

a feeling of doubt or hesitation with regard to the morality or propriety of a course of action.

verb

hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong.

‘Winry could have killed him but scruples stopped her.’

synonyms:

compunction, hesitation, qualms, reluctance

variants:

scruples, scrupled, scrupling, scrupulous, unscrupulous

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Last day of the FMA: Brotherhood theme – at least for now. Who is your favourite character? Or is that question physically painful?

ellipsis

Don’t break the automail.