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scrupulousness

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scru⋅pu⋅lous

  [skroo-pyuh-luhs]
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–adjective
1. having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.
2. punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous performance.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L scrūpulōsus. See scruple, -ous

Related forms:
scru⋅pu⋅los⋅i⋅ty  [skroo-pyuh-los-i-tee] , scru⋅pu⋅lous⋅ness, noun
scru⋅pu⋅lous⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. conscientious, cautious, careful, circumspect. 2. exacting, rigorous. Scrupulous, punctilious imply abiding exactly by rules. Scrupulous implies conscientious carefulness in attending to details: scrupulous attention to details. Punctilious suggests strictness, preciseness, and rigidity, esp. in observance of social conventions.

Antonyms:
2. careless.
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scru·pu·lous   (skrōō'pyə-ləs)   
adj.  

  1. Conscientious and exact; painstaking. See Synonyms at meticulous.

  2. Having scruples; principled.


[Middle English, from Old French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus, from scrūpulus, scruple; see scruple.]
scru'pu·los'i·ty (-lŏs'ĭ-tē), scru'pu·lous·ness (-ləs-nĭs) n., scru'pu·lous·ly adv.
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