exactituden.
/ᵻɡˈzaktᵻtjuːd/, /ᵻɡˈzaktᵻtʃuːd/, /ɛɡˈzaktᵻtjuːd/, /ɛɡˈzaktᵻtʃuːd/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzæktəˌt(j)ud/, /ɛɡˈzæktəˌt(j)ud/ The quality of being exact; attention to minutiæ, accuracy of detail, precision. †Also (as in French) = exactness n., perfect correctness (of a statement).
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > scrupulous care or attention to detail
chariness1571
minuteness1640
exactness1645
particularity1669
nicety1711
exactitude1735
narrowness1817
particularness1859
scrupulousness1863
detail1868
scrupulosity1879
meticulosity1887
meticulousness1909
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > accuracy of statement
sincerity1546
veracity1736
exactitude1825
1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 206 There is..in virtue,..an exactitude and steadiness, or rather a kind of stiffness.
1799 W. Jones Adams's Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. (ed. 2) I. xi. 498 The weight of the balloon determined with the most scrupulous exactitude.
1825 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 419 I have no doubt of the exactitude of the statement in your letter.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. x. 189 Performing the initial duties to her dead with the awe and exactitude that belong to religious rites.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 153 To occupy himself with the exactitudes of science.
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