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Conscientious

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 a person.

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Careful 84% connected

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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Careful 84% connected

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

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Conscience 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Conscience 74% connected

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

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Conscientiousness 74% connected

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

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Conscientiousness 74% connected

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

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Painstaking 92% connected

Careful in doing; diligent; faithful; attentive.

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Scrupulous 92% connected

Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong.

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Action noun · 78% connection

a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right…

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Action at law noun · 78% connection

a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right…

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Appurtenance noun · 78% connection

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in commo…

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Arbitrary adjective · 78% connection

Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.

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Bearing noun · 78% connection

The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence…

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Blue superl. · 78% connection

Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impra…

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Casuistry adjective · 78% connection

The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the l…

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Claim noun · 78% connection

A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.

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Code noun · 78% connection

Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professi…

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Comply verb · 78% connection

act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow t…

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Conscienceless adjective · 78% connection

Without conscience; indifferent to conscience; unscrupulous.

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Conscionable adjective · 78% connection

Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.

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Defend verb · 78% connection

To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest,…

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Dictate verb · 78% connection

A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to t…

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Dictator noun · 78% connection

One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.

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Disinterested adjective · 78% connection

Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not b…

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Disregard verb · 78% connection

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to…

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Equatorial noun · 78% connection

An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel t…

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