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Scrupulous


SCRU'PULOUS, adjective [Latin scrupulosus.]

1. Nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act; cautious in decision from a fear of offending or doing wrong. Be careful in moral conduct, not to offend scrupulous brethren.

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The judges that say upon the jail, and those that attended, sickened upon it and died.

2. To be satiated; to be filled to disgust.

3. To become disgusting or tedious. The toiling pleasure sickens into pain.

4. To be disgusted; to be filled with aversion or abhorrence. He sickened at the sight of so much human misery.

5. To become weak to decay; to languish. Plants often sicken and die. All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink.