scruple vs suggestion

scruple

noun
  • Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience. 

  • A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈). 

  • A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour. 

verb
  • To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple. 

  • To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience. 

  • To regard with suspicion; to question. 

suggestion

noun
  • Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact. 

  • Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence. 

  • Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for) 

  • The act of suggesting. 

  • The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested. 

How often have the words scruple and suggestion occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )