| NOUN | motive | scruples, conscience, 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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| Sounds | skruw'pahlz | |
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| Rhymes | annals ... Urals: 44 rhymes with ahlz... | |
| Meaning | motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions. | |
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| Synonyms | conscience, 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 | |
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