scrupulousness
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scru·pu·lous
(skro͞o′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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Noun | 1. | scrupulousness - conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence honestness, honesty - the quality of being honest unscrupulousness - the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty |
2. | ![]() painstakingness, conscientiousness - the trait of being painstaking and careful |
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scrupulousness
nounAttentiveness to detail:
care, carefulness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, pain (used in plural), painstaking, punctiliousness, thoroughness.
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scrupulous
(ˈskruːpjuləs) adjective careful in attending to detail, doing nothing wrong, dishonest etc. He is scrupulous in his handling of the accounts; scrupulous attention to instructions.
ˈscrupulously adverbˈscrupulousness noun
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scrupulousness
n. escrupulosidad.
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