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Scrupulous

//ˈskɹuː.pjə.ləs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Exactly and carefully conducted.

    "Come on! You have got to admire their dedication to the rules! These two men are so scrupulous, they would sit at a broken red traffic light for six hours in the middle of the night. “Hey, red is red! We live in a civilized society! Red is red! We stay!”"

  2. 2
    Having scruples or compunctions.
  3. 3
    Precise; exact or strict.

    "He is scrupulous in his finances."

  4. 4
    Wrongly feeling guilt or anxiety about one’s morality; suffering from scrupulosity.

    "Because I have a scrupulous conscience, I sometimes need to be reminded that not everything I do is sinful."

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by extreme care and great effort wordnet
  2. 2
    having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrupulosus.

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