SCRUPULOS'ITY, n. [L. scrupulositas.] 1. The quality or state of being scrupulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting some difficult point, or proceeding from the difficulty or delicacy of determining how to act; hence, the caution or tenderness arising from the fear of doing wrong or offending.The first sacrilege is looked upon with some horror; but when they have once made the breach, their scrupulosity soon retires.2. Nicety of doubt; or nice regard to exactness and propriety.So careful, even to scrupulosity, were they to keep their sabbath.3. Niceness; preciseness.
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