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Word: Conscience
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘inner thoughts or knowledge’): via Old French from Latin conscientia, from conscient- ‘being privy to’, from the verb conscire, from con- ‘with’ + scire ‘know’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒnʃns
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour
Short Definition:person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as guide
Examples:- he had a guilty conscience about his desires
- Ben was suffering a pang of conscience
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