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conscience.

The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.

10 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɒn.ʃəns/UK/ˈkɒn.tʃəns/UK/ˈkɑn.ʃəns/US/ˈkɑn.tʃəns/US
  1. The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.

    countable · uncountable
    Your conscience is your highest authority.
  2. A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.

    countable · uncountable
  3. Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”) (a calque of Ancient Greek σῠνείδησῐς (sŭneídēsĭs)), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”).

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