Antonyms for scrupulousness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : skroo-pyuh-luhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskru pyə ləs


Definition of scrupulousness

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Anglo-French scrupulus, Middle French scrupuleux, or directly from Latin scrupulosus, from scrupulus (see scruple). Related: Scrupulously; scrupulousness.
  • noun thoroughness
Example sentences :
  • He had great qualities, and his excess of scrupulousness was most pitiable.
  • Extract from : « Diana of the Crossways, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Here conscience was overdoing its part, and passing from scrupulousness to morbidity.
  • Extract from : « Double Harness » by Anthony Hope
  • The Bird Daughter must be a woman of some scrupulousness, he reflected.
  • Extract from : « Nuala O'Malley » by H. Bedford-Jones
  • Mr. Jones believes that she was alluding to his scrupulousness in matters of business.
  • Extract from : « Modern Essays » by John Macy
  • Even the scrupulousness of Mr. Vansittart vanished before his golden arguments.
  • Extract from : « Rulers of India: Lord Clive » by George Bruce Malleson
  • She always disliked learning lessons, and those fits of scrupulousness on his part were her great dread.
  • Extract from : « Spiritual Adventures » by Arthur Symons
  • I will guard thy ease and thy honour with a father's scrupulousness.
  • Extract from : « Ormond, Volume II (of 3) » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • Everything exciting is kept at a distance, and men are trained in obedience and scrupulousness and self-denial.
  • Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
  • He was scrupulousness itself in observing all official regulations in the matter of food and other essentials.
  • Extract from : « The Victory At Sea » by William Sowden Sims
  • It will, perhaps, be found that in excluding them we have acted with too much reserve and scrupulousness.
  • Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871 » by Various

Synonyms for scrupulousness

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