conscionable

(käns̸hə nə bəl)

adjective

Obsolete conscientious (sense )

Origin: < conscience + -able

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See conscionable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Acceptable or permissible according to conscience: “Ignoring [disadvantaged minorities] is no more conscionable today than it was in the riot-scorched America of 20 years ago” (Christian Science Monitor).
  2. Conscientious; principled.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete conscions (variant of conscience)

Origin: + -able

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