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Conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence
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scrupulousness
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence [ant: unscrupulousness ] strict attention to minute details [syn: meticulousness , meticulosity , punctiliousness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The property of being scrupulous. 2 (context countable English) The result or product of being scrupulous.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scrupulous \Scru"pu*lous\, a. [L. scrupulosus: cf. F. scrupuleux.] Full of scruples; 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 ...
Usage examples of scrupulousness.
Aesthetic scrupulousness is not enough, but political rectitude is not enough either.
Chief Inspector Heat, conscious of renewed irritation at this display of scrupulousness, said that the county police had been notified from the first of Michaelis' arrival, and that a full report could be obtained in a few hours.
With a man of that sort scrupulousness was a misplaced and even an illegal sentiment.