Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: careful, conscientious, painstaking, religious

Antonyms: unscrupulous

See Also: principled

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