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Definition of Scrupulousness
1. Noun. Conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence.
2. Noun. Strict attention to minute details.
Generic synonyms: Conscientiousness, Painstakingness
Derivative terms: Meticulous, Meticulous, Meticulous, Meticulous, Punctilious, Scrupulous
Definition of Scrupulousness
1. Noun. The property of being scrupulous. ¹
2. Noun. The result or product of being scrupulous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scrupulousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrupulousness
Literary usage of Scrupulousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"We are without information of any particulars of the conduct of Phocion and his
friends : but it appears that their moderation and scrupulousness, ..."
2. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"We are without information of any particulars of the conduct of Phocion and his
friends : but it appears that their moderation and scrupulousness, ..."
3. The Virtues and Their Reasons: A System of Ethics for Society and Schools by Austin Bierbower (1888)
"Scrupulousness. For such a close pursuit of right we must scrupulously discriminate.
Many wrongs are little wrongs; but, as conscience declares against them ..."
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