adjective
- having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous attention to detail in their performance.
adjective
- characterized by careful observation of what is morally right
- very careful or precise
adj.mid-15c., from Anglo-French scrupulus, Middle French scrupuleux, or directly from Latin scrupulosus, from scrupulus (see scruple). Related: Scrupulously; scrupulousness.