Definition of conscience

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Conscience (n.) Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness.

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Imperfect :: Imperfect (a.) Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..
Self-reproached :: Self-reproached (a.) Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.
Remorse :: Remorse (n.) The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life..
Immoral :: Immoral (a.) Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed..
Conscientiousness :: Conscientiousness (n.) The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.
Erinys :: Erinys (n.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified..
Hurter :: Hurter (n.) An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin.
Synteretic :: Synteresis (n.) Conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws of duty.
Conscienceless :: Conscienceless (a.) Without conscience; indifferent to conscience; unscrupulous.
Confess :: Confess (v. i.) To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience..
Self-reproach :: Self-reproach (n.) The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
Unconscionable :: Unconscionable (a.) Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience..
Sting :: Sting (v. t.) To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite..
Peace :: Peace (v.) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience..
Dictate :: Dictate (v. t.) A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel..
Compunctious :: Compunctious (a.) Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction..
Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To be offensive to; to harm; to pain; to annoy; as, strong light offends the eye; to offend the conscience..
Scandalize :: Scandalize (v. t.) To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach upon..
Enlighten :: Enlighten (v. t.) To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding..
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