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nounmotivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
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"he has no conscience about his cruelty"nouna feeling of shame when you do something immoraltype of:
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"a person of unflagging conscience"nounconformity to one's own sense of right conducttype of:
Definition that contains conscience
- just fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
- wrong contrary to conscience or morality or law
- co one who refuses to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience
- examination a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)
- obligated caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course
- conscientious guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
- unconscionable lacking a conscience
- rightness according with conscience or morality
- equitable fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
- superego (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience