Synonyms for scruples
scru·ples

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1. conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrongnoun

   motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

   Synonyms:
   moral sense, sense of right and wrong, conscience

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1. • Ethical Motive

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1. List of paraphrases for "scruples":

   qualms, inhibitions

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1. Alfred Hitchcock:

   There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.

2. Jim Manley:

   I played a lot of hardball in my life, but I don't envy what the Clinton campaign is up against here. Trump himself has totally changed the political dynamic, what they can't afford to do is get in the gutter with the guy. He has absolutely no morals or scruples. Getting into the gutter with him is an absolute waste of time.

3. John Oliver Hobbes:

   Men are not so weak as you think. They can always leave anybody or any place without a pang - if they find another person or another place they like better. If they feel pricks and scruples it is merely because they cannot make up their mind that the change will be absolutely to their advantage.

4. Ogden Nash:

   He without benefit of scruples His fun and money soon quadruples.

5. Christine Lambrecht:

   One thing is certain: the current situation means we need to do more together, the brutal Russian war of aggression in Ukraine is getting more and more brutal and unscrupulous... Russia’s threat of nuclear weapons shows that Russian authorities have no scruples.