Scru′pu‐los″i‐ty (skrṳ′pū̍‐lŏs″ĭ‐ty̆), 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.