Conscience Definition
kŏnshəns
noun
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.
Webster's New World
A source of moral or ethical judgment or pronouncement.
A document that serves as the nation's conscience.
American Heritage Medicine
Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct.
A person of unflagging conscience.
American Heritage Medicine
Inner thoughts or feelings.
Webster's New World
Consciousness.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Conscience
Noun
Singular:
consciencePlural:
consciencesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Conscience
- in (all good) conscience
- on (one's) conscience
- in (all) conscience
- on one's conscience
Origin of Conscience
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Middle English from Old French from Latin cōnscientia from cōnsciēns cōnscient- present participle of cōnscīre to be conscious of com- intensive pref. com– scīre to know skei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”).
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