punctiliousness

  • 91punctilio — n 1. fine point, particular, detail, formality, form; nicety, delicacy, subtlety, refinement. 2. convention, rule, standard, usual or customary practice, observance, code, custom, usage, manner; decorum, the thing, etiquette, propriety; duty,… …

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  • 92refinement — n 1. fineness, elegance, gentleness, polish, grace, delicacy, beauty; culture, cultivation, civilization; urbanity, urbaneness, suavity, suaveness, sophistication; tastefulness, discrimination; fastidiousness, nicety, finesse; chivalry, gentility …

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  • 93rigor — n 1. rigorousness, rigorism, strictness, stringency, closeness, tightness; rigidity, rigidness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, unbendingness, stiffness, formality, formalness; severity, severeness, harshness, toughness, roughness, asperity,… …

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  • 94scruple — n 1. qualm, pang, misgiving, distrust, mistrust, suspicion, apprehension; scrupulousness, punctiliousness, meticulousness; conscientiousness, conscience, twinge of conscience, New England conscience, guilt, guilt feeling, point of honor;… …

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  • 95starch — n 1. formality, ceremony, stiffness, rigidity, inflexibility; primness, propriety, prudery, Sl. uprightness; etiquette, manners, decorum, convenance; strictness, exactness, exactitude, punctilio, punctiliousness, precision, preciseness,… …

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  • 96precision — noun Syn: exactness, accuracy, exactitude, correctness, care, meticulousness, scrupulousness, punctiliousness, rigour …

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  • 97precision — pre•ci•sion [[t]prɪˈsɪʒ ən[/t]] n. 1) the state or quality of being precise 2) mechanical or scientific exactness: a lens ground with precision[/ex] 3) strict observance; punctiliousness 4) math. Math. the degree to which the correctness of a… …

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  • 98precision — /prəˈsɪʒən/ (say pruh sizhuhn) noun 1. the quality or state of being precise. 2. accuracy; exactness. 3. mechanical exactness. 4. exact observance of forms in conduct or actions; punctiliousness. –adjective 5. of, relating to, or characterised by …

  • 99punctilious — /pʌŋkˈtɪliəs / (say pungk tileeuhs) adjective attentive to punctilios; strict or exact in the observance of forms in conduct or actions. –punctiliously, adverb –punctiliousness, noun …

  • 100compunction — [n] regret, sorrow attrition, conscience, contrition, misgiving, penitence, penitency, pity, punctiliousness, qualm, reluctance, remorse, repentance, rue, ruth, second thoughts, shame, stab of conscience, sympathy; concept 410 Ant. defiance,… …

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