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Conscience — Not to be confused with consciousness. For other uses, see Conscience (disambiguation). Vincent van Gogh, 1890. Kröller Müller Museum. The Good Samaritan (after Delacroix). Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition or judgment of the … Wikipedia
conscience — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean (esp. AmE), clear, easy, good ▪ How can you do your job with a clean conscience? ▪ I have a clear conscience. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
conscience — noun (C, U) 1 MIND the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong: Be guided by your conscience. | a social conscience (=a moral sense of how society should be) | a guilty/bad conscience (=feel guilty… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
conscience — The consciousness humans have that an action is morally required or forbidden. In the Christian tradition the nature of this awareness and its status as knowledge is a central problem. On the one hand it is sinful to act against one s conscience; … Philosophy dictionary
Conscience — • The individual, as in him customary rules acquire ethical character by the recognition of distinct principles and ideals, all tending to a final unity or goal, which for the mere evolutionist is left very indeterminate, but for the Christian… … Catholic encyclopedia
Bad faith — For other uses, see Bad faith (disambiguation). Two hearts redirects here. For things named Two Hearts , see Two Hearts. Further information: Self deception and Deception Bad faith (Latin: mala fides) is double mindedness or double… … Wikipedia
conscience — con|science [ˈkɔnʃəns US ˈka:n ] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin conscientia, from conscire to be conscious (of being guilty) , from com ( COM ) + scire to know ] 1.) the part of your mind that tells you whether what you … Dictionary of contemporary English
conscience */*/ — UK [ˈkɒnʃ(ə)ns] / US [ˈkɑnʃəns] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms conscience : singular conscience plural consciences a) the ideas and feelings you have that tell you whether something you are doing is right or wrong Each person must vote… … English dictionary
conscience — con|science [ kanʃəns ] noun count or uncount ** the ideas and feelings you have that tell you whether something you are doing is right or wrong: Each person must vote according to his or her own conscience. The decision must be a matter of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
conscience — 01. My [conscience] would never allow me to sell my car without telling the buyer that it has major mechanical problems. 02. The man who sold you this house obviously has no [conscience]; it is really in bad shape. 03. Fonya had a guilty… … Grammatical examples in English