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scrupulosity

N ความ คำนึงถึง ศีลธรรมจรรยา 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCRUPULOSITY

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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCRUPULOSITY

Scru `pu *los "i *ty, n. Etym: [L. scrupulositas.]

 

Defn: The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty; 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.

 

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