Associations to the word «Scrutiny»

Wiktionary

SCRUTINY, noun. Intense study of someone or something.
SCRUTINY, noun. Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
SCRUTINY, noun. An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
SCRUTINY, noun. A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
SCRUTINY, noun. An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
SCRUTINY, verb. (obsolete) (rare) To scrutinize.

Dictionary definition

SCRUTINY, noun. The act of examining something closely (as for mistakes).
SCRUTINY, noun. A prolonged intense look.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca