scrupulosity, n.Definitions

Scrupulosity (n.) keeps ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠men never ready with the sum total, their life spent straining at gnats — weakness of will, a sort of insanity, knowing neither the earnestness of the ethical nor the carefree gladness of the indifferent.

Scrupulosity (n.) about ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠telling the truth, pushed far enough, ends mute for fear of saying something false — and since silence too may lie, in a futile dilemma; timorousness to the verge of lunacy is no higher religiousness.