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Webster 1913 Edition
Scrupulosity
Scruˊpu-los′i-ty
(skrṳˊpū̍-lŏs′ĭ-ty̆)
, Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scrupulosity
SCRUPULOS'ITY
,Noun.
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.