The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SCRUPLES which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2003.
Compunctions crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCRUPLES | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Compunctions
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- remorse
- self-reproach
- qualms
- scruples
- brags
- regrets
- equivocating
- hesitation
- hellbent
- minces
- pretense
- guff
Crossword Answer definitions
SCRUPLES noun- A weight of 1/288 of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
- (by extension) A very small quantity; a particle.
- A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.
- Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
- A Hebrew unit of time equal to 1/1080 hour.
- To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
- To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
- To regard with suspicion; to question.
- To question the truth of (a fact, etc.); to doubt; to hesitate to believe, to question.
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