adjective
- having a feeling or knowledge (of one's own sensations, feelings, etc. or of external things); knowing or feeling (that something is or was happening or existing); aware; cognizant
- able to feel and think; in the normal waking state
- aware of oneself as a thinking being; knowing what one is doing and why
- self-conscious
- accompanied by an awareness of what one is thinking, feeling, and doing; intentional: conscious humor
- known to or felt by oneself: conscious guilt
Origin:
L conscius, knowing, aware < conscire: see conscience