Scru"pu*lize (?), v. t. To perplex with scruples; to regard with
scruples. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.
Scru`pu*los"i*ty (skr`p*ls"*t), n. [L. scrupulositas.] The quality or
state of being scrupulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or
action; caution or tenderness from the fear of doing wrong or
offending; nice regard to exactness and propriety; precision.
The first sacrilege is looked on with horror; but when they have
made the breach, their scrupulosity soon retires.
Dr. H. More.
Careful, even to scrupulosity, . . . to keep their Sabbath.
South.
Scru"pu*lous (?), a. [L. scrupulosus: cf. F. scrupuleux.] 1. Full of
scruples; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine
or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.
Abusing their liberty, to the offense of their weak brethren which
were scrupulous.
Hooker.
2. Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from
labor; scrupulous performance of duties.