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Definition of concience

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1. conscience [ n ] motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

Used in print:

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

The conscience is non-existent in the 2 - year old .

During this precarious period of development the mother should continue to influence the growth of the child 's conscience .

(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)

Indeed , of all that is his every man is by nature and reason and therefore by conscience obligated to regard himself as a custodian .

In_contrast_to this Stoic patristic view , Utopia implies that the nature of man is such that to rely_on individual conscience to supply the deficiencies of municipal law is to embark on the bottomless sea of human sinfulness in a sieve .

The Utopians brace conscience with legal sanctions .

Synonyms conscience sense_of_right_and_wrong moral_sense scruples Related Terms ethical_motive wee_small_voice sense_of_shame superego

2. conscience [ n ] conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
Examples: : "a person of unflagging conscience"

Used in print:

(Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)

It is possible that the study of literature affects the conscience , the morality , the sensitivity to some code of `` right '' and `` wrong '' .

I do not know that this is true ; both Flugel and Ranyard_West deal with the development and nature of conscience , as do such theologians as Niebuhr and Buber .

I am not aware of great attention by any of these authors or by the psychotherapeutic profession to the role of literary_study in the development of conscience - most_of their attention is to a pre-literate period of life , or , for the theologians of_course , to the influence of religion .

Probably the most important thing to focus_on is not the development of conscience , which may well be almost beyond the reach of literature , but the contents of conscience , the code which is imparted to the developed or immature conscience available .

Probably the most important thing to focus_on is not the development of conscience , which may well be almost beyond the reach of literature , but the contents of conscience , the code which is imparted to the developed or immature conscience available .

Synonyms conscience Related Terms morality unconscientiousness conscientiousness

3. conscience [ n ] a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
Examples: "he has no conscience about his cruelty"

Used in print:

(Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)

The New_England conscience became desensitized .

Synonyms conscience Related Terms shame

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