About The Word Scrupulous
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Scrupulous
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What's The Definition Of Scrupulous?
[adj] characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
[adj] having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled; "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance" Synonyms | Synonyms for Scrupulous: careful | conscientious | painstaking | religious Related Terms | Find terms related to Scrupulous: See Also | principled Scrupulous In Webster's Dictionary \Scru"pu*lous\, a. [L. scrupulosus: cf. F.
scrupuleux.]
1. Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful;
hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of
offending or of doing wrong.
Abusing their liberty, to the offense of their weak
brethren which were scrupulous. --Hooker.
2. Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence
from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.
3. Given to making objections; captious. [Obs.]
Equality of two domestic powers Breed scrupulous
faction. --Shak.
4. Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice. [Obs.]
The justice of that cause ought to be evident; not
obscrure, not scrupulous. --Bacon.
Syn: Cautious; careful; conscientious; hesitating. --
{Scru"pu*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Scru"pu*lous*ness}, n.
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