EGAVE

conscience

About 13.89 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
    Your conscience is your highest authority.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.

Similar words

moral sense scruples sense of right and wrong opinion belief realisation knowledge cognisance thought soul-searching

Often followed by

and of is to in was that as or

Word family

conscienceless consciences on my conscience

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