noun
Meaning 1
The property of being scrupulous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
scrupulousness
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noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being scrupulous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
strict attention to minute details
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: meticulousness, meticulosity, punctiliousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: conscientiousness, painstakingness
noun
Meaning 4
conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unscrupulousness
Broader terms: honesty, honestness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English scrupulous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English scrupulousness From scrupulous + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: съвестност (sǎvestnost) — the property of being scrupulous
- Bulgarian: щателност (štatelnost) — the property of being scrupulous
- Galician: escrupulosidade — the property of being scrupulous
- Italian: scrupulusità — the property of being scrupulous
- Māori: uhupohotanga — the property of being scrupulous
- Portuguese: escrupulosidade — the property of being scrupulous
- Sicilian: scrupulusitati — the property of being scrupulous
- Sicilian: scrupulusità — the property of being scrupulous
- Thai: ความละเอียดรอบคอบ — the property of being scrupulous