conscientious

Definition of Conscientious in English :

1. conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous

characterized by extreme care and great effort

Example Sentences:
'conscientious application to the work at hand'
'painstaking research'
'scrupulous attention to details'

2. conscientious

guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong

Example Sentences:
'a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Conscientious

adjective

1.

involving or taking great care; painstaking; diligent

2.

governed by or done according to conscience

adjective

1.

governed by, or made or done according to, what one knows is right; scrupulous; honest

2.

showing care and precision; painstaking

adj.

1. Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled: a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice.

2. Thorough and assiduous: a conscientious worker; a conscientious effort to comply with the regulations. See Synonyms at diligent.