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1. (n.) conscience
the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action:
to follow the dictates of conscience.
2. conscience
the complex of ethical and moral principles that controls or inhibits the actions or thoughts of an individual.
3. conscience
an inhibiting sense of what is prudent.
4. conscience
conscientiousness.
5. conscience
Obs. consciousness; self-knowledge.
6. conscience
in all reason and fairness.
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| Definition of 'Conscience' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
2. (noun) conscience
conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
"a person of unflagging conscience"
3. (noun) conscience
a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
"he has no conscience about his cruelty"
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1. (noun) conscience
the part of the mind that deals with right and wrong
Let your conscience decide.
2. conscience
have a guilty conscience
to feel you have done sth wrong
3. conscience
have a clear conscience
to feel you have done nothing wrong
4. conscience
on sb's conscience
aware you have done sth wrong
He did not want their deaths on his conscience.
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| Definition of 'Conscience' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Conscience
knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness
2. (noun) Conscience
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
3. (noun) Conscience
the estimate or determination of conscience; conviction or right or duty
4. (noun) Conscience
tenderness of feeling; pity
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| Definitions of 'Conscience' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Conscience
1. The muzzle of the will.
2. The Pecksniffian mask of the fundamental Bill Sykes.
3. The aspiration of Rosinante to be Pegasus.
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| Definition of 'Conscience' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Conscience
The cognitive and affective processes which constitute an internalized moral governor over an individual's moral conduct.
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Sense: (that part of one's mind which holds one's) knowledge or sense of right and wrong
The injured man was on her conscience because she was responsible for the accident; She had a guilty conscience about the injured man; He had no conscience about dismissing the men.
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 Afrikaans: gewete, konsensie |
 Arabic: ضَمير |
 Bulgarian: съвест |
 Brazilian: consciência |
 Czech: svědomí |
 German: das Gewissen |
 Danish: samvittighed |
 Greek: συνείδηση |
 Spanish: conciencia |
 Estonian: südametunnistus |
 Farsi: وجدان |
 Finnish: omatunto |
 French: conscience |
 Hebrew: מַצפּוּן |
 Hindi: अंतरात्मा |
 Croatian: savjest |
 Hungarian: lelkiismeret |
 Indonesian: nurani |
 Icelandic: samviska |
 Italian: coscienza |
 Japanese: 良心 |
 Korean: 양심 |
 Lithuanian: sąžinė |
 Latvian: sirdsapziņa |
 Malay: hati nurani |
 Dutch: geweten |
 Norwegian: samvittighet |
 Polish: sumienie |
 Persian: وجدان |
 Pashto: ضمير، وجدان دښواو بدو تر |
 Portuguese: consciência |
 Romanian: conştiinţă; cunoştinţă |
 Russian: совесть |
 Slovak: svedomie |
 Slovenian: vest |
 Serbian: savest |
 Swedish: samvete |
 Thai: ความรู้สึกผิดชอบชั่วดี |
 Turkish: vicdan |
 Taiwanese: 良心 |
 Ukrainian: совість; сумління |
 Urdu: ضمير |
 Vietnamese: lương tâm |
 Chinese: 良心 |
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