1. Noun
Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness.
2. Noun
The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense.
3. Noun
The estimate or determination of conscience; conviction or right or duty.
4. Noun
Tenderness of feeling; pity.
5. Noun
a feeling of shame when you do something immoral; "he has no conscience about his cruelty"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
6. Noun
conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
More about this word
Synonyms and related words
Explore this word
