Full of scruples; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.