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Conscience

Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness.

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Conscientiousness 76% connected

The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.

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Ethics 76% connected

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether tr…

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Morality 76% connected

The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentime…

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Shame 76% connected

A painful sensation excited by a consciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of having done something which injures reputation, or of the exposure of t…

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Conscientious 74% connected

Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of…

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Conscientious 74% connected

Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of…

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Care noun · 86% connection

a cause for feeling concern; "his major care was the illness of his wife"

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Electricity noun · 85% connection

keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.
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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Acquaintance noun · 78% connection

A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by interc…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Art noun · 78% connection

The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowled…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Aside adverb · 78% connection

Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Awareness noun · 78% connection

having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence an…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Bare adjective · 78% connection

Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Belief noun · 78% connection

Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Benthamism noun · 78% connection

That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and dete…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Bosom noun · 78% connection

The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Breast noun · 78% connection

The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Charity noun · 78% connection

Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Coextensive adjective · 78% connection

Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Cognisance noun · 78% connection

having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence an…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: knowledge, thoughts, actions, consciousness.
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Cognizance noun · 78% connection

having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence an…

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