1) Assiduous 2) Conscientious 3) Conscientious to a carpenter 4) French word used in English 5) Having scruples 6) Honest or careful 7) Meticulous 8) Painstaking 9) Principled 10) Religious 11) Thorough Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/scrupulous
• (a.) Liable to be doubted; doubtful; nice. • (a.) Given to making objections; captious. • (a.) Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong. • (a.) Careful; cautious; exact; nice; as, scrupulous abstinence from labor; scrupulous performanc... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/scrupulous/
Scru'pu·lous adjective [ Latin scrupulosus : confer French scrupuleux .] 1. Full of scruples; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong. « Abusing their liberty, to the offense of their weak brethren w... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/40
adjective having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled; `less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974