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1. conscience
noun. ['ˈkɑːnʃəns'] motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions.
Synonyms
Etymology
- conscience (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- conscientia (Latin)
Rhymes with Conscience
- abeyance
- abhorrence
- absence
- abstinence
- abundance
- acceptance
- acceptance
- accordance
- acquaintance
- acquiescence
- adherence
- admittance
- adolescence
- adolescence
- adriance
- affluence
- agence
- allegiance
- alliance
- allowance
How do you pronounce conscience?
Pronounce conscience as ˈkɑnʃəns.
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How to spell conscience? Is it consciencia? Or concience? Common misspellings are:
- consciencia
- concience
Sentences with conscience
1. Noun, singular or mass
I cannot and I will not recant anything for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.
Quotes about conscience
1. Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
- Mark Twain
2. The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principle.From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.
- Frederick Lewis Donaldson
3. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
- Thomas Paine