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Noun: thoroughness  thur-u-nus or thur-ow-nus [N. Amer], thú-ru-nus [Brit]
  1. Conscientiousness in performing all aspects of a task
    "His thoroughness in proofreading caught every error"
     
  2. Property of being marked by full detail, complete in all respects
    "Seitz had never heard of Wertham, but he recalls being struck by the precision and thoroughness of his testimony, which ran for more than an hour and took the form of a lecture to the court"

Type of: conscientiousness, painstakingness, preciseness, precision