conscionable
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con·scio·na·ble
(kŏn′shə-nə-bəl)adj.
1. Acceptable or permissible according to conscience: the debate over whether capital punishment is conscionable.
2. Conscientious; principled.
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conscionable
(ˈkɒnʃənəbəl)adj
obsolete acceptable to one's conscience
[C16: from conscions, obsolete form of conscience]
ˈconscionably adv
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con•scion•a•ble
(ˈkɒn ʃə nə bəl)adj.
being in conformity with one's conscience; just.
[1540–50; conscion- (back formation from conscions, variant of conscience, the final -s taken for pl. sign) + -able]
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Adj. | 1. | conscionable - acceptable to your conscience just - used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" |
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