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Latest revision as of 15:35, 24 August 2013 English[edit] Wikipedia Etymology[edit] From Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia ("knowledge within oneself"), from consciens, present participle of conscire ("to know, to be conscious (of wrong)"), from com- ("together") + scire ("to know"). Pronunciation[edit] conscience (plural consciences) - The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour; inwit.
- 1949, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist,
- Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.
- 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: "The Merchant Princes", chapter 14, page 175, ¶ 7
- ["]Twer is not a friend of mine testifying against me reluctantly and for conscience' sake, as the prosecution would have you believe. He is a spy, performing his paid job.["]
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 18, The China Governess[1]:
- 'Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,' said Munday with granite seriousness. 'Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
- (chiefly fiction) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
- (obsolete) Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 3, sc. 1,
- Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
- And thus the native hue of resolution
- Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.
Usage notes[edit] - Adjectives often used with "conscience": good, bad, guilty.
- Phrases: To make conscience of, To make a matter of conscience, to act according to the dictates of conscience concerning (any matter), or to scruple to act contrary to its dictates.
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Etymology[edit] Borrowing from Latin conscientia ("knowledge within oneself"), from consciens, present participle of conscire ("to know, to be conscious (of wrong)"), from com- ("together") + scire ("to know"). Pronunciation[edit] conscience f (plural consciences) - conscience
- consciousness
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Old French[edit] Etymology[edit] Borrowing from Latin conscientia ("knowledge within oneself"). conscience f (oblique plural consciences, nominative singular conscience, nominative plural consciences) - conscience
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