CONSCIENCE


Meaning of CONSCIENCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkän(t)-shən(t)s ]

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 sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or be good

b. : a faculty, power, or principle enjoining good acts

c. : the part of the superego in psychoanalysis that transmits commands and admonitions to the ego

2. archaic : consciousness

3. : conformity to the dictates of conscience : conscientiousness

4. : sensitive regard for fairness or justice : scruple

• con·science·less -ləs adjective

- in all conscience

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.