Thesaurus: scrupulous

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1. a. Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.
2. a. Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performance of duties.
3. a. Given to making objections; captious.
4. a. Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice.
5. adj. having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled
6. adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort
7. 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.
8. j:100 a. having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled