Due
Due adjective - Having reached the date at which payment is required.
Scrupulous and due are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scrupulous" instead an adjective "Due".
Scrupulous
Scrupulous adjective - Guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong.
Due and scrupulous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Due" instead an adjective "Scrupulous".
Both words in one sentence
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Maybe Mu Bai's teacher saw that Jade Fox was less than scrupulous, rather than just passing her over due to sex.
- Immortality Immorality: Due to her constant cloning, the already-morally scrupulous Selenis is effectively an immortal.
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Campfire Character Exploration: In "Murdoch of the Klondike", Murdoch has left behind his job as a Toronto police detective having released a murderess who was wronged by the justice system years earlier, in part due to his scrupulous honesty and is prospecting in the Klondike.
Source: Series / Murdoch Mysteries
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