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scrupulosity
Variant of scrupulous
adjective
- extremely careful to do the precisely right, proper, or correct thing in every last detail; most punctilious
- showing extreme care, precision, and punctiliousness
- extremely conscientious
- full of scruples; hesitant, doubtful, or uneasy, esp. constantly and obsessively, in deciding what is morally right or wrong
Related Forms:
- scrupulosity noun pl. scrupulosities
- scrupulously adverb
- scrupulousness noun
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