The Collaborative International Dictionary
Casuistic
Casuistic \Cas`u*is"tic\, Casuistical \Cas`u*is"tic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry; as, casuistic thinking.
Wiktionary
casuistic
a. 1 Relating to casuistry (attempts to solve moral dilemmas by applying general rules). 2 Overly subtle, split hairs.
WordNet
casuistic
adj. of or relating to or practicing casuistry; "overly subtle casuistic reasoning" [syn: casuistical]
of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems [syn: casuistical]
Usage examples of "casuistic".
Clara, too proud of the boy for growing as she had trained him, to advise a course of conduct opposed to his notions of manliness, though now that her battle was over she would gladly have acquiesced in little casuistic compromises for the sake of the general peace.