| NOUN | motive | conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong | motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions |
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| attribute | conscience | conformity to one's own sense of right conduct | |
| feeling | conscience | a feeling of shame when you do something immoral |
| Sounds | kaa'nshahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions. | |
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| Synonyms | scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong | |
| Narrower | sense of shame, sense of duty | A motivating awareness of ethical responsibility |
| superego | (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience | |
| wee small voice, small voice, voice of conscience | An inner voice that judges your behavior | |
| Broader | ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality | motivation based on ideas of right and wrong |
| Spanish | conciencia, consciencia, sentido del bien y del mal | |
| Catalan | consciència, sentit del bé i del mal | |
| Meaning | conformity to one's own sense of right conduct. | |
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| Example | "a person of unflagging conscience" | |
| Narrower | conscientiousness | The quality of being in accord / accord with the dictates of conscience |
| unconscientiousness | The quality of being willing / willing to ignore the dictates of conscience | |
| Broader | morality | concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong |
| Spanish | conciencia | |
| Catalan | consciència | |
| Adjectives | conscientious | guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong |
| Meaning | A feeling of shame when you do something immoral. | |
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| Example | "he has no conscience about his cruelty" | |
| Broader | shame | A painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt |
| Spanish | conciencia | |
| Adjectives | conscientious | guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong |
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