Conscience

Word CONSCIENCE
Character 10
Hyphenation con science
Pronunciations /kɒnʃəns/

Definitions and meanings of "Conscience"

What do we mean by conscience?

An awareness of morality in regard to one's behavior; a sense of right and wrong that urges one to act morally. noun

A source of moral or ethical judgment or pronouncement. noun

Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct. noun

The part of the superego in psychoanalysis that judges the ethical nature of one's actions and thoughts and then transmits such determinations to the ego for consideration. noun

Consciousness or awareness of something. noun

(in (all good) conscience) In all fairness; by any reasonable standard. idiom

(on (one's) conscience) Causing one to feel guilty or uneasy. idiom

Consciousness; knowledge. noun

Private or inward thoughts; real sentiments. noun

The consciousness that the acts for which a person believes himself to be responsible do or do not conform to his ideal of right; the moral judgment of the individual applied to his own conduct, in distinction from his perception of right and wrong in the abstract, and in the conduct of others. noun

Moral sense; scrupulosity; conformity to one's own sense of right in conduct, or to that of the community. noun

Tender feeling; pity. noun

Same as breastplate, A bellarmine. noun

Most certainly; assuredly. noun

Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness. noun

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. noun

The estimate or determination of conscience; conviction or right or duty. noun

Tenderness of feeling; pity. noun

A clause in a general law exempting persons whose religious scruples forbid compliance therewith, -- as from taking judicial oaths, rendering military service, etc. noun

The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour.

(chiefly fiction) 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.

Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.

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The word "conscience" in example sentences

"I know that Elise has a conscience that will hold her fast to duty," said Benigna, but she did not speak hopefully: she spoke deliberately, however, thinking that these words _conscience_ and _duty_ might arrest the minister's attention, and that he would perhaps, by some means, throw light upon questions which were constantly becoming more perplexing to her. ❋ Various (N/A)

"accuse," and how universally it does so, abundant testimony of Christian missionaries shows; and conscience can "excuse," which is the method that guilty thoughts invariably suggest; but _conscience cannot justify_. ❋ Unknown (1865)

In Scripture, the word conscience is the Greek word suneidesis, which means “co-perception”—that is, “accompanying moral consciousness and awareness.” ❋ Carlton Pearson (2010)

The mystical or metaphorical meaning of the word conscience is to see as God perceives, to see things as they can become. ❋ Carlton Pearson (2010)

It matters not whether the act be successful or not, discovered or concealed; the culprit is no longer the same, but another person; and he is pursued by a secret uneasiness, by self-reproach, or the workings of what we call conscience, which is the inevitable doom of the guilty. ❋ Major A.R. Calhoon (N/A)

St. Thomas, leading the Dominicans, places synteresis not in the will but in the intellect, and he applies the term conscience to the concrete determinations of the general principle which the synteresis furnishes: "By conscience the knowledge given through synteresis is applied to particular actions". ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

It is generally designated by the term conscience, or the capacity of being influenced by the moral relations of things. ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

In the present case we find language perfectly justifiable in making so wide a use of the term conscience, inasmuch as all the above phases are in fact embraced in it, though indeed not in equal degrees. ❋ 1819-1870 (1873)

That's the first time I've heard Leonard mention his "conscience" in this issue -- and of course, he discusses how his conscience is affected by "holding hostage" a giant corporation -- MLS. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once again -- trust your own instincts and anxieties, especially those concerning people who claim that dominating others, violence, war, or some other violation of your conscience is the grand solution to some problem. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He becomes even phonier and says his conscience is at stake because we are holding soccer "hostage." ❋ Unknown (2009)

O almighty and everlasting God, Who in the abundance of Thy loving-kindness art wont to go beyond both the merits and prayers of Thy suppliant people, pour down upon us Thy mercy: that Thou mayest forgive us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and grant us what our prayer does not dare to ask. ❋ John (2008)

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