Meaning & use

conscience

noun·Everyday

An inner sense that helps a person judge the moral rightness or wrongness of their own actions.

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His conscience wouldn't let him keep the extra change the cashier had mistakenly given him.

She spoke up despite the risk because her conscience demanded it.

A note on using this word

Do not confuse conscience, meaning a moral sense, with conscious, meaning aware or awake.

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