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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 scru·pu·los·i·ty /ˌskrupjəˈlɑsəti/
 細心,謹慎,慎重

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Scru·pu·los·i·ty n.  The quality or state of being scrupulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the fear of doing wrong or offending; nice regard to exactness and propriety; precision.
    The first sacrilege is looked on with horror; but when they have made the breach, their scrupulosity soon retires.   --Dr. H. More.
    Careful, even to scrupulosity, . . . to keep their Sabbath.   --South.
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