Conscience definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you if what you are doing is wrong. If you have a guilty conscience, or if you have something on your ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'conscience'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× conscience (kɒnʃəns ) Wordforms:pluralconsciences 1. Seeguiltyconscience 2. uncountablenoun Conscienceisdoingwhatyoubelieveisrighteventhoughitmightbeunpopular,difficult,ordangerous. Herefusedforreasonsofconsciencetosignanewlawlegalisingabortion. ...thelawonfreedomofconscienceandreligiousorganizations. 3. Seealsoprisonerofconscience 4. uncountablenoun Conscienceisafeelingofguiltbecauseyouknowyouhavedonesomethingthatiswrong. I'msogladhehadapangofconscience. Theyhaveshownaruthlesslackofconscience. 5. Seeingoodconscience/inallconscience 6. Seeonyourconscience MoreSynonymsofconscience COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof conscience Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'conscience' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'conscience' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'myrrh' HindiTranslationof'conscience' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency conscienceinBritishEnglish (ˈkɒnʃəns ) noun1. a. thesenseofrightandwrongthatgovernsaperson'sthoughtsandactions b. regulationofone'sactionsinconformitytothissense c. asupposeduniversalfacultyofmoralinsight 2. conscientiousness;diligence 3. afeelingofguiltoranxiety hehasaconscienceabouthisunkindaction 4. obsolete consciousness 5. Seeinconscience 6. Seeonone'sconscience CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsconscienceless(ˈconscienceless)adjective WordoriginC13:fromOldFrench,fromLatinconscientiaknowledge,consciousness,fromconscīretoknow;seeconscious WordFrequency conscienceinAmericanEnglish (ˈkɑnʃəns ) noun1.  aknowledgeorsenseofrightandwrong,withanurgetodoright;moraljudgmentthatopposestheviolationofapreviouslyrecognizedethicalprincipleandthatleadstofeelingsofguiltifoneviolatessuchaprinciple 2. Obsoletea.  consciousness b.  innerthoughtsorfeelings Idioms: in(all)conscience onone'sconscience Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsconscienceless(ˈconscienceless) adjective WordoriginOFr