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. ***************************************************************** 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.
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