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Weight on one's conscience? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scruple

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This could be a double definition.

'weight' is the first definition.
(I know that scruple is a type of apothecaries\\u0027 unit)

'one's conscience?' is the second definition.
'scruple' can be an answer for 'conscience?' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'one's' bit.

'on' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for scruple that I've seen before include "Moral hesitation, small weight" , "carrying little weight" , "Doubt - small weight" , "Moral qualm" , "Feeling of moral doubt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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