Definition of conscience Conscience
/kɑˈnʃʌns/ - [kanshuns] - con•science
We found 16 definitions of conscience from 9 different sources.
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What does conscience mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: consciences |
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| conscience - conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience" | ||
| morality concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct | ||
| conscientiousness the trait of being painstaking and careful | ||
| conscience - motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions | ||
| scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong | ||
| ethical motive, morals, ethics, morality motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | ||
| superego (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience | ||
| small voice, voice of conscience, wee small voice an inner voice that judges your behavior | ||
| conscience - a feeling of shame when you do something immoral; "he has no conscience about his cruelty" | ||
| shame a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt | ||
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Wiktionary 
- conscience (Noun)
The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour; inwit. - conscience (Noun)
A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices. - conscience (Noun)
Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- conscience (n.)
Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness. - conscience (n.)
The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense. - conscience (n.)
The estimate or determination of conscience; conviction or right or duty. - conscience (n.)
Tenderness of feeling; pity.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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conscience
The moral sense of right and wrong.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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conscience
kon′shens, n. the knowledge of our own acts and feelings as right or wrong: sense of duty: scrupulousness: (Shak.) understanding: the faculty or principle by which we distinguish right from wrong.—adjs. Con′science-proof, unvisited by any compunctions of conscience; Con′science-smit′ten, stung by conscience; Conscien′tious, regulated by a regard to conscience: scrupulous.—adv. Conscien′tiously.—n. Conscien′tiousness.—adj. Con′scionable, governed or regulated by conscience.—n. Con′scionableness.—adv. Con′scionably.—Conscience clause, a clause in a law, affecting religious matters, to relieve persons of conscientious scruples, esp. one to prevent their children being compelled to undergo particular religious instruction; Conscience money, money given to relieve the conscience, by discharging a claim previously evaded; Case of conscience, a question in casuistry.—Good, or Bad, conscience, an approving or reproving conscience.—In all conscience, certainly: (coll.) by all that is right and fair.—Make a matter of conscience, to act according to conscience: to have scruples about.—My conscience! a vulgar exclamation of astonishment, or an asseveration.—Speak one's conscience (Shak.), to speak frankly: to give one's opinion. [Fr.,—L. conscientia, knowledge—conscīre, to know well—con, and scīre, to know.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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conscience
The fear of being found out.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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conscience
A clear conscience is a sure card.
Wikipedia 
- Conscience is a ability or faculty that can tells people if what they are doing is right or wrong. Having it can make people sad inside about what they have done.
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🔤- conscience, noun, singular of consciences.
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