scruples
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
Types & categories
- ethics hypernym
- superego hyponym
- wee small voice hyponym
- sense of shame hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ethics |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | superego |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wee small voice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sense of shame |