mindmap root((高尚)) upright implies a strict adherence to moral principles: ministers of the church must be ~ and unimpeachable. honest stresses recognition of and adherence to such virtues as truthfulness, candor, and fairness: doctors must be ~ with the terminally ill. just stresses a conscious choice and regular practice of what is right or equitable: a reputation for being entirely ~ in business dealings. conscientious implies an active moral sense governing all one's actions and stresses painstaking efforts to follow one's conscience: ~ in doing all of her chores. scrupulous like conscientious, connotes the action of a moral sense in all one's doings, but distinctively it stresses meticulous attention to details of morality or conduct: ~ in carrying out the terms of the will. honorable suggests a firm holding to codes of right behavior and the guidance of a high sense of honor and duty: the ~ thing would be to resign my position.