conscience
41conscience — The consciousness humans have that an action is morally required or forbidden. In the Christian tradition the nature of this awareness and its status as knowledge is a central problem. On the one hand it is sinful to act against one s conscience; …
42conscience — Synonyms and related words: anima, censor, coconscious, collective unconscious, compunction, conscientiousness, conscious self, death instinct, demur, ego, ego ideal, ego id conflict, ethical self, ethics, fairness, foreconscious, grace, honor,… …
43conscience — [ˈkɒnʃ(ə)ns] noun [C/U] the ideas and feelings you have that tell you whether something that you are doing is right or wrong The decision must be a matter of individual conscience.[/ex] Maybe he has a guilty conscience (= a bad feeling because he …
44conscience — con•science [[t]ˈkɒn ʃəns[/t]] n. 1) 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[/ex] 2) the complex of ethical and moral principles that controls… …
45conscience — see a clean conscience is a good pillow conscience makes cowards of us all a guilty conscience needs no accuser …
46conscience — noun /kɒnʃɛns/ a) The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects ones own behaviour; inwit. Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it. b) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the… …
47conscience — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See probity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. moral sense, inner voice, the still small voice*; see duty 1 , morals , shame 2 . • have on one s conscience, Syn. be culpable, be blamable for, be responsible… …
48conscience — noun a person s moral sense of right and wrong. Phrases in (all) conscience in fairness. on one s conscience causing feelings of guilt. Derivatives conscienceless adjective Origin ME: via OFr. from L. conscientia, from conscient , conscire be… …
49conscience — This word (from the Latin conscientia, meaning moral sense or self knowledge ) refers to a person s inner awareness of the moral aspects or ethical dimensions of human actions; thus, conscience is a person s internal judgmentof whether a… …
50conscience — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin conscientia, from conscient , consciens, present participle of conscire to be conscious, be conscious of guilt, from com + scire to know more at science Date: 13th century 1. a. the… …
