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Definition of: conscience
(kon′shəns) noun
1. Moral consciousness in general; the activity or faculty by which distinctions are made between right and wrong in one's own conduct and character; the act or power of moral discrimination; ethical judgment or sensibility.
2. Conformity in conduct to one's conceptions of right and wrong.
3. Obs. Consciousness.
—in (all) conscience
1. In truth; in reason and honesty.
2. Certainly; assuredly. [<F <L conscientia <com- together + scire know]
—con′science·less adjective
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