conscience

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 See also 1.3.6 External links 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Antonyms 2.3.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French conscience < Latin conscientia (“‘knowledge within oneself’”) < consciens, ppr. of conscire (“‘to know, to be conscious (of wrong)’”) < com- (“‘together’”) + scire (“‘to know’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA:/kɒnʃɛns/
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[edit] Noun

conscience (plural consciences)

1. The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour.
   • 1949, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist,

     Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.

2. (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.

[edit] Usage notes

• 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• pang of conscience

[edit] Related terms

• conscientious
• conscientiously
• conscientiousness

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• synteresis

[edit] External links

• conscience in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• conscience in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin conscientia (“‘knowledge within oneself’”) < consciens, ppr. of conscire (“‘to know, to be conscious (of wrong)’”) < com- (“‘together’”) + scire (“‘to know’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃s/, X-SAMPA: /ko~.sja~s@/

   Audio (France, Paris)^{help, file}

• Homophones: consciences
• Hyphenation: con‧science

[edit] Noun

conscience f. (plural consciences)

1. conscience
2. consciousness

[edit] Antonyms

• inconscience

[edit] Derived terms

• consciencieux