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Definition of conscience

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Conscience (n.) The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense..

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Disregard :: Disregard (v. t.) Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience..

Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.

Conscientiously :: Conscientiously (adv.) In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.

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

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite..

Obligatory :: Obligatory (a.) Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier..

Hurter :: Hurter (n.) An injury causing pain of mind or conscience; a slight; a stain; as of sin.

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..

Scruple :: Scruple (n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience..

Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.

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.

Conscionable :: Conscionable (a.) Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just..

Miscreant :: Miscreant (a.) Destitute of conscience; unscrupulous.

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..

Peace :: Peace (v.) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions; tranquillity of mind or conscience..

Qualm :: Qualm (n.) A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.

Conscience :: Conscience (n.) The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense..

Erinys :: Erinys (n.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified..

Self-reproach :: Self-reproach (n.) The act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.

Conscientiousness :: Conscientiousness (n.) The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.