scrupulousness
- n conformity to high standards of ethics or excellence
- n strict attention to minute details
- Like so many parents in an age of affluence, the elder Taylors provided their family with a free and loving childhood, apparently dedicated to scrupulousness in behavior .
- In his prose one hears the fervor of a Sunday sermon; in his ideas one sees the analytic scrupulousness of a man who knows a thing or two about tenure committees.
- His quietly fanatical scrupulousness makes the scene worth preserving in any moviegoer's imaginary cinematheque.