scrupulous

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"Very difficult for the scrupulous, the sincere, and the far-seeing."

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  1. adjective Conscientious and exact; painstaking. See Synonyms at meticulous.
  2. adjective Having scruples; principled.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus, from scrūpulus, scruple; see scruple.

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  1. = Dutch skrupuleus = G. Swedish Danish skrupulös, from Old French (and F.) scrupuleux = Spanish Portuguese escrupuloso = Italian scrupoloso, from Latin scrupulosus, nice, exact, careful, full of scruples, scrupulous, from scrupulus, a scruple: see scruple.
 

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