conscience

con·science  (knshns)

n.

1.

a. The awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to one's conduct together with the urge to prefer right over wrong: Let your conscience be your guide.

b. A source of moral or ethical judgment or pronouncement: a document that serves as the nation's conscience.

c. Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct: a person of unflagging conscience.

2. 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.

3. Obsolete Consciousness.

Idiom:

in (all good) conscience

In all truth or fairness.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cnscientia, from cnscins, cnscient-, present participle of cnscre, to be conscious of : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + scre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

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conscience·less adj.

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conscience

Noun

1. the sense of right and wrong that governs a person's thoughts and actions

2. a feeling of guilt: he showed no hint of conscience over the suffering he had inflicted

3. in (all) conscience in fairness

4. on one's conscience causing feelings of guilt [Latin conscire to know]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	conscience - motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrong superego - (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality - motivation based on ideas of right and wrong small voice, voice of conscience, wee small voice - an inner voice that judges your behavior sense of duty, sense of shame - a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility
	2.	conscience - conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience" morality - concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct conscientiousness - the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience unconscientiousness - the quality of being willing to ignore the dictates of conscience
	3.	conscience - a feeling of shame when you do something immoral; "he has no conscience about his cruelty" shame - a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt

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conscience

noun 1. principles, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong, still small voice

2. guilt, shame, regret, remorse, contrition, self-reproach, self-condemnation in all conscience in fairness, rightly, certainly, fairly, truly, honestly, in truth, assuredly

Translations

conscience [ˈkɔnʃəns] n → conciencia;

in all conscience → en conciencia

conscience [ˈkɔnʃəns] n → conscience f;

in all conscience → en conscience

conscience [ˈkɔnʃəns] n → Gewissen nt;

to have a guilty/clear conscience → ein schlechtes/gutes Gewissen haben;

in all conscience → allen Ernstes

conscience [ˈkɔnʃəns] n → coscienza;

in all conscience → onestamente, in coscienza

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conscience

n conscience [ˈkonʃəns]

(that part of one's mind which holds one's) knowledge or sense of right and wrong The injured man was on her conscience because she was responsible for the accident; She had a guilty conscience about the injured man; He had no conscience about dismissing the men.gewete, konsensieضَميرсъвестsvědomísamvittigheddas Gewissenσυνείδησηconcienciasüdametunnistusوجدانomatuntoconscienceמַצפּוּןअंतरात्माsavjestlelkiismeretnuranisamviskacoscienza良心양심sąžinėsirdsapziņahati nuranigewetensamvittighetsumienieconsciênciaconştiinţă; cunoştinţăсовестьsvedomievestsavestsamveteความรู้สึกผิดชอบชั่วดีvicdan良心совість; сумлінняضميرlương tâm良心