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English noun: conscience | |||
| 1. | conscience (motive) motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions | ||
| Synonyms | moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrong | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sense of duty, sense of shame, small voice, superego, voice of conscience, wee small voice | ||
| 2. | conscience (attribute) conformity to one's own sense of right conduct | ||
| Samples | A person of unflagging conscience. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | morality | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | conscientiousness, unconscientiousness | ||
| 3. | conscience (feeling) a feeling of shame when you do something immoral | ||
| Samples | He has no conscience about his cruelty. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | shame | ||
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