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| NOUN | 1 | 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 |
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| 2 | conscience | Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct | |
| 3 | conscience | A feeling of shame when you do something immoral |
| Sounds | kaa'nshahns |
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| Rhymes | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, and 264 more rhymes in ahns... |
| Meaning | Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions. |
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| Synonyms | scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong |
| Broader | ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality |
| Narrower | superego; wee small voice, small voice, voice of conscience; sense of shame, sense of duty |
| Meaning | Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct. |
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| Examples | "a person of unflagging conscience" |
| Broader | morality |
| Narrower | conscientiousness; unconscientiousness |
| Adjectives | conscientious |
| Meaning | A feeling of shame when you do something immoral. |
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| Examples | "he has no conscience about his cruelty" |
| Broader | shame |
| Adjectives | conscientious |
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