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Definitions for Conscience
[1] the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience.
[2] the complex of ethical and moral principles that controls or inhibits the actions or thoughts of an individual.
[3] an inhibiting sense of what is prudent: I'd eat another piece of pie but my conscience would bother me.
[4] conscientiousness.
[5] Obsolete . consciousness; self-knowledge.
[6] Obsolete . strict and reverential observance.
[7] have something on one's conscience , to feel guilty about something, as an act that one considers wrong: She behaves as if she had something on her conscience.
[8] in all conscience , in all reason and fairness. certainly; assuredly. Also in conscience.
[9] the sense of right and wrong that governs a person's thoughts and actions regulation of one's actions in conformity to this sense a supposed universal faculty of moral insight
[10] conscientiousness; diligence
[11] a feeling of guilt or anxiety he has a conscience about his unkind action
[12] obsolete consciousness
[13] in conscience or in all conscience with regard to truth and justice certainly
[14] on one's conscience causing feelings of guilt or remorse
Words related to Conscience
shame, duty, compunction, morals, censor, demur, superego, principles, scruples
Words nearby Conscience
conroe, cons., consanguineous, consanguinity, consarned, conscience, conscience clause, conscience money, conscience-stricken, conscientious, conscientious objection
Origin of Conscience
1175–1225; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin conscientia knowledge, awareness, conscience. See con-, science
Words that may be confused with Conscience
Other words from Conscience
con·science·less , adjective
con·science·less·ly , adverb
con·science·less·ness , noun
sub·con·science , noun
Word origin for Conscience
C13: from Old French, from Latin conscientia knowledge, consciousness, from conscīre to know; see conscious
Synonyms for Conscience
shame, censor, compunction, demur, duty, morals, principles, qualms, scruples, superego, inner voice, right and wrong, small voice, squeam, still small voice