conscience
632
4.6
- noun
- /ˈkɒnʃəns/
:
conciencia
- You must have a guilty conscience.
- freedom of conscience
- good conscience
- bad conscience
Hagel here is saying conscience can say screw you.
- Hagel here is saying conscience can say screw you.
- You'll be able to satisfy your conscience with those memories.
- Like, you know that and your conscience knows that.
- So remember that and just become congruent with your conscience across the board.
- It's a shock to the conscience what's happening on a vast scale.
- So once in that booth, vote your conscience and heart.
- The murder of George Floyd roused the conscience of the nation, including this university.
- Just remember, when your conscience tells you something not right, just don't do it.
- If you care about the rule of law in America, you cannot in good conscience vote for Donald Trump.
- According to Critchley, your ideal self is the source of your conscience, but it's also your internal critic.
- Where did we see that in in the conscience section?
- Do you think that we will just end up living our conscience, our consciousnesses?
- At the same time, it is only as conscience knows it.
Examples
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It's a shock to the conscience what's happening on a vast scale.
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His conscience wouldn't allow him to cheat on the exam, no matter how badly he wanted to pass.
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And I will not, in good conscience, let you leave this farm again.
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Oh, let my conscience be my guide.
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But I will ask you to search your own conscience.
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The person has no conscience whatsoever.
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What is at stake with conscience is one's soul, which is ultimately God's and not one's own.
Academic text (1999) -
And we're like, I can't in good conscience continue to believe that that's the case.
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Even when following our consciences, as we are morally bound to do, we can go wrong.
Academic text (2008) -
Integration or not, traditional healers remain the very embodiment of the conscience of their communities.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
10
9.6
A feeling of guilt that stops you from doing something bad or follows it
7
3.8
An understanding of what is right and wrong that guides a person's actions
4
4.6
A feeling that helps you know right from wrong and do the right thing
1
6.3
An inner feeling that tells you if something is right or wrong
Feelings that make you hesitate because something seems wrong
A quiet inner feeling that tells you when something is wrong
Idioms
To make someone feel guilty about something they did or failed to do
Compounds
How Strong
632
4.6
1
9.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Conscience comes from the Latin parts con- ('with') and scire ('to know') and is from the same root as science, so you can think of it as 'knowing with yourself'. That's why your conscience is like an inner voice or guide that tells you if something you did was right or wrong.