CONSCIENCE


Meaning of CONSCIENCE in English

■ noun a person's moral sense of right and wrong.

Phrases

in ( all ) ~ in fairness.

on one's ~ causing feelings of guilt.

Derivatives

~less adjective

Origin

ME: via OFr. from L. conscientia , from conscient- , conscire 'be privy to', from con- 'with' + scire 'know'.

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