Definition of Scrupulous

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Scrupulous

Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.

Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.

Given to making objections; captious.

Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.

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Scrupulous Quotations

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive.
George Eliot

The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims.
Joseph Conrad

My office has been one of the most scrupulous in the country with regard to the protection of individual rights. I've been on record for years in law journals and books as championing the rights of the individual against the oppressive power of the state.
Jim Garrison

And so it's inescapable and people who proclaim scrupulous honesty can only proclaim that if they don't examine closely the things they believe.
Todd Rundgren

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office.
Allen Weinstein

A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel.
Julien Green

Scrupulous Translations

scrupulous in Italian is diffidgnte
scrupulous in Spanish is escrupuloso
scrupulous in Swedish is samvetsgrann

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