scruples

Noun scruples has 1 sense

• scruples(n = noun.motive) conscience, moral sense, sense of right and wrong - motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions;
has particulars: superego, small voice, voice of conscience, wee small voice, sense of duty, sense of shame
is a kind of ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals