conscience
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: fiction
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linguistics
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sciences
Etymology: From Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”).
Inflected forms:
form: consciences
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Your conscience is your highest authority.
1949, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist,
Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.
As for Grierson, he poured liquor into himself as if it were so much soothing syrup, demonstrating that a good digestion is the highest form of good conscience.
[“]Twer is not a friend of mine testifying against me reluctantly and for conscience’ sake, as the prosecution would have you believe. He is a spy, performing his paid job.[”]
‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.
Related words: conscientious
conscientiously
conscientiousness
conscionable
consciousness
synteresis
Derived words: a good conscience is a soft pillow
bad conscience
conscience clause
conscienced
conscienceless
consciencelike
conscience money
conscience-money
conscience-proof
conscience round
conscience vote
consciencewise
consciencism
consciencist
conscientious
examination of conscience
exile of conscience
freedom of conscience
guilty conscience
in all conscience
in conscience
in good conscience
liberty of conscience
make conscience
my conscience
of all conscience
on one's conscience
pang of conscience
prisoner of conscience
pseudoconscience
speak one's conscience
unconscienced
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: gewete
lang: Albanian
word: ndërgjegje
lang: Northern Altai
word: уйат
roman: uyat
lang: Southern Altai
word: уйат
roman: uyat
lang: Amharic
word: ህሊና
roman: həlina
lang: Arabic
word: ضَمِير
roman: ḍamīr
lang: Arabic
word: طَوِيَّة
roman: ṭawiyya
lang: Arabic
word: وِجْدَان
roman: wijdān
lang: Armenian
word: խիղճ
roman: xiġč
lang: Azerbaijani
word: vicdan
lang: Azerbaijani
word: insaf
lang: Belarusian
word: со́весць
roman: sóvjescʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: со́весьць
roman: sóvjesʹcʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: сумле́нне
roman: sumljénnje
lang: Belarusian
word: сумле́ньне
roman: sumljénʹnje
lang: Bengali
word: বিবেক
roman: bibek
lang: Bulgarian
word: съ́вест
roman: sǎ́vest
lang: Burmese
word: အသိတရား
roman: a.si.ta.ra:
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: со́вість
roman: sóvistʹ
lang: Catalan
word: consciència
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 良心
roman: loeng⁴ sam¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 天良
roman: tin¹ loeng⁴
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 良心
roman: liángxīn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 天良
roman: tiānliáng
lang: Coptic
word: ⲥⲩⲛⲏⲇⲉⲥⲓⲥ
roman: sunēdesis
lang: Czech
word: svědomí
lang: Danish
word: samvittighed
lang: Dutch
word: geweten
lang: Dutch
word: gewisse
lang: Esperanto
word: konscienco
lang: Estonian
word: südametunnistus
lang: Estonian
word: süüme
lang: Faroese
word: samvitska
lang: Finnish
word: omatunto
lang: French
word: conscience
lang: West-Frisian
word: gewisse
lang: Friulian
word: cusience
lang: Friulian
word: cušience
lang: Galician
word: conciencia
lang: Georgian
word: ნამუსი
roman: namusi
lang: Georgian
word: სინდისი
roman: sindisi
lang: German
word: Gewissen
lang: Greek
word: συνείδηση
roman: syneídisi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: συνείδησις
roman: suneídēsis
lang: Hebrew
word: מַצְפּוּן
roman: matspún
lang: Hindi
word: विवेक
roman: vivek
lang: Hindi
word: अन्तरात्मा
roman: antarātmā
lang: Hindi
word: अंतःकरण
roman: antaḥkaraṇ
lang: Hungarian
word: lelkiismeret
lang: Icelandic
word: samviska
lang: Ido
word: koncienco
lang: Indonesian
word: hati nurani
lang: Ingrian
word: sovesti
lang: Irish
word: coinsias
lang: Old Irish
word: cocubus
lang: Italian
word: coscienza
lang: Japanese
word: 良心
roman: ryōshin
lang: Kazakh
word: намыс
roman: namys
lang: Kazakh
word: ұят
roman: ūät
lang: Kazakh
word: ұждан
roman: ūjdan
lang: Kazakh
word: ождан
roman: ojdan
lang: Kazakh
word: ар
roman: ar
lang: Kazakh
word: ар-ождан
roman: ar-ojdan
lang: Khmer
word: មនសិការ
roman: mĕəʼnĕəʼsekaa
lang: Korean
word: 양심
roman: yangsim
lang: Korean
word: 량심
roman: ryangsim
lang: Kyrgyz
word: уят
roman: uyat
lang: Kyrgyz
word: намыс
roman: namıs
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ынсап
roman: ınsap
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ыйман
roman: ıyman
lang: Lao
word: ມະໂນທັມ
roman: ma nō tham
lang: Latin
word: cōnscientia
lang: Latvian
word: sirdsapziņa
lang: Lithuanian
word: są́žinė
lang: Macedonian
word: совест
roman: sovest
lang: Malay
word: kesedaran
lang: Malayalam
word: മനസ്സാക്ഷി
roman: manassākṣi
lang: Maltese
word: kuxjenza
lang: Māori
word: ngākau manako
lang: Māori
word: ngākau whakawā
lang: Mongolian
word: ухамсар
roman: uxamsar
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: séi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: samvittighet
lang: Occitan
word: consciéncia
lang: Church Slavic
word: съвѣсть
roman: sŭvěstĭ
lang: Old English
word: inġehyġd
lang: Old English
word: inġeþōht
lang: Old Norse
word: samvizka
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: совисц
roman: sovisc
lang: Pashto
word: وجدان
roman: wejdān
lang: Pashto
word: ضمير
roman: zamīr
lang: Iranian Persian
word: وِجْدان
roman: vejdân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: وُجْدان
roman: vojdân
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ضَمیر
roman: zamir
lang: Iranian Persian
word: باطِن
roman: bâten
lang: Polish
word: sumienie
lang: Old Polish
word: sąmnienie
lang: Portuguese
word: consciência
lang: Punjabi
word: ਜ਼ਮੀਰ
roman: zamīr
lang: Romanian
word: conștiință
lang: Russian
word: со́весть
roman: sóvestʹ
lang: Sanskrit
word: मनस्साक्षिन्
roman: manassākṣin
lang: Sanskrit
word: अन्तःकरण
roman: antaḥkaraṇa
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: cogais
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: са́вест
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: са́вјест
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sávest
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sávjest
lang: Slovak
word: svedomie
lang: Slovene
word: vest
lang: Spanish
word: conciencia
lang: Swahili
word: dhamiri
lang: Swedish
word: samvete
lang: Tagalog
word: budhi
lang: Tajik
word: виҷдон
roman: vijdon
lang: Tajik
word: замир
roman: zamir
lang: Tajik
word: ботин
roman: botin
lang: Tatar
word: вөҗдан
roman: wöcdan
lang: Telugu
word: అంతరాత్
roman: antarāt
lang: Thai
word: สำนึก
roman: sǎm-nʉ́k
lang: Thai
word: มโนธรรม
roman: má-noo-tam
lang: Thai
word: จิตสำนึก
lang: Tigrinya
word: ሕልና
roman: ḥəlna
lang: Turkish
word: vicdan
lang: Turkish
word: insaf
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: وجدان
roman: vicdan
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ضمیر
roman: zamir
lang: Turkmen
word: wyjdan
lang: Turkmen
word: ynsap
lang: Ukrainian
word: со́вість
roman: sóvistʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: сумлі́ння
roman: sumlínnja
lang: Urdu
word: ضَمِیر
roman: zamīr
lang: Urdu
word: باطِن
roman: bātin
lang: Urdu
word: اِیمان
roman: īmān
lang: Uyghur
word: ۋىجدان
roman: wijdan
lang: Uyghur
word: ئىنساپ
roman: insap
lang: Uzbek
word: vijdon
lang: Uzbek
word: insof
lang: Vietnamese
word: lương tâm
lang: Welsh
word: cydwybod
lang: Yiddish
word: געוויסן
roman: gevisn