scruple

Preposition: of

• conscience: The Deanery of Coventry and Litchfield was subsequently offered him, which from scruples of conscience, he refused.

Infinitive complement

• employ: Let us not scruple to employ the weapons of ridicule and sarcasm in defense of free speech and reason.
• give: To procure this, we certainly ought not to scruple to give liberal conditions.
• say: I do not scruple to say that she plays extremely well.
• take: The men of Mawddwy were very fierce, and never scrupled to take anything they could set their hands on.
• tell: Some of the actors were mad with jealousy, and did not scruple to tell him that.

Converse of object

• have: Hence they had no scruple about rooting out the old Irish from Ulster.
• feel: We felt no moral scruples about the possible future abuse of our brain child.
• overcome: Disguising himself as Apollo, brother of Artemis, he overcame any scruples Callisto may have had and they became lovers.
• show: Against competitors who show no such scruples, however, the ethical advertisers face a losing battle in the marketplace.
• use: He did not use any scruples with the young clergyman.

Adjective modifier

• conscientious: In this case there were no conscientious scruples to overcome.
• moral: We felt no moral scruples about the possible future abuse of our brain child.
• less: I should have less scruple in troubling you if I had any confidence what my work would turn out.
• such: Well, there are no such scruples in Macau, which is why daytrippers from HK flock here.
• few: He is too cowardly and perhaps too mindful of a few scruples.

Modifying Another Word

• not: They that have an ill end will not scruple at an ill way.
• never: The men of Mawddwy were very fierce, and never scrupled to take anything they could set their hands on.