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Conscience

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Noun

1. conscience, moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrong

motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

2. conscience

conformity to one's own sense of right conduct

Example Sentences:
'a person of unflagging conscience'

3. conscience

a feeling of shame when you do something immoral

Example Sentences:
'he has no conscience about his cruelty'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Conscience

see synonyms of conscience
noun
1. 
a. 
the sense of right and wrong that governs a person's thoughts and actions
b. 
regulation of one's actions in conformity to this sense
c. 
a supposed universal faculty of moral insight
2. 
conscientiousness; diligence
3. 
a feeling of guilt or anxiety
he has a conscience about his unkind action
4. obsolete
consciousness
5.  in conscience
6.  on one's conscience

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Conscience

see synonyms of conscience
noun
1. 
a knowledge or sense of right and wrong, with an urge to do right; moral judgment that opposes the violation of a previously recognized ethical principle and that leads to feelings of guilt if one violates such a principle
2.  Obsolete
a. 
consciousness
b. 
inner thoughts or feelings

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Conscience

see synonyms of conscience
n.
1.
a. An awareness of morality in regard to one's behavior; a sense of right and wrong that urges one to act morally: Let your conscience be your guide.
b. A source of moral or ethical judgment or pronouncement: a document that serves as the nation's conscience.
c. Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct: a person of unflagging conscience.
2. The part of the superego in psychoanalysis that judges the ethical nature of one's actions and thoughts and then transmits such determinations to the ego for consideration.
3. Obsolete Consciousness or awareness of something.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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