Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.

    Your conscience is your highest authority.

    1949, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist, Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.

    Gewissen

    со́вестьsóvestʹ

    со́вістьsóvistʹ, сумлі́нняsumlínnja

    motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

  2. (countable, uncountable)A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.

Examples

215 sentences
  1. My conscience is clear.

    Моя совість чиста. — ascolto

    ruМоя совесть чиста. — marafon

    deIch habe ein reines Gewissen. — freddy1

  2. Tom has no conscience.

    У Тома немає совісті. — Ahha

  3. She had a clear conscience.

    У неї була чиста совість. — deniko

    ruУ нее была чистая совесть. — Balamax

    deSie hatte ein reines Gewissen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I'm your conscience.

    Я твоя совість. — Ahha

    ruЯ твоя совесть. — TheWyld

    deIch bin dein Gewissen. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Do you have a guilty conscience?

    ruУ тебя совесть нечиста? — marafon

Translations

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Origin

From Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowl

From Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”) (a calque of Ancient Greek σῠνείδησῐς (sŭneídēsĭs)), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”).

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Forms

plural: consciences
Singularconscience
Pluralconsciences

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions:scruplesmoral sensesense of right and wrong

Word family

24 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • a guilty conscience
  • conscience is clear
  • guilty conscience
  • a clear conscience
  • clear conscience
  • his conscience is

See also

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