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   Scru·pu·lous

   /ˈskro͞opyələs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details: "the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail" Similar carefulmeticulouspainstakingthoroughassiduoussedulousattentivediligentconscientiousultracarefulpunctilioussearchingcloseelaborateminutestudiousrigorousparticularreligiousstrictpedanticfussyOpposite carelessslapdash
   • ▪ very concerned to avoid doing wrong: "she's too scrupulous to have an affair with a married man" Similar honesthonorableuprightupstandinghigh-mindedrighteousright-mindedmoralethicalgoodvirtuousprincipledpropercorrectjustnobleincorruptibleanticorruptionconscientiousrespectabledecentOpposite dishonestunscrupulous

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘troubled with doubts’): from French scrupuleux or Latin scrupulosus, from scrupulus (see scruple).

   Derivatives

   • 1. scrupulosity noun
   • 2. scrupulousness noun

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