Synonyms for conscience
ˈkɒn ʃənscon·science

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.4 / 20 votes

1. conscience

   Synonyms:
   sense, intuition, integrity, principle

   Antonyms:
   license

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1. conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrongnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   moral sense, sense of right and wrong, scruples

2. consciencenoun

   conformity to one's own sense of right conduct

   "a person of unflagging conscience"

   Synonyms:
   moral sense, sense of right and wrong, scruples

3. consciencenoun

   a feeling of shame when you do something immoral

   "he has no conscience about his cruelty"

   Synonyms:
   moral sense, sense of right and wrong, scruples

Matched Categories

1. • Ethical Motive
   • Morality
   • Shame

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1. conchenx

   conchenx is a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour.

   "he had a guilty conscience about his desires"

   Submitted by Conchenxshoes on July 3, 2019  

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1. consciencenoun

   Synonyms:
   moral sense, moral faculty, the still small voice

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1. consciencenoun

   Associated words:
   casuistry, erinys, compunction, qualm

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1. List of paraphrases for "conscience":

   consciousness, awareness, conscientious, aware, conciencia, conscious, opinion, self-awareness, objector

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How to use conscience in a sentence?

1. Patrick Leahy:

   I fear the Senate I would be defending no longer exists, i have often said that the Senate, at its best, can be the conscience of the Nation—I must now vote my conscience.

2. Napoleon Bonaparte:

   The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.

3. Luke Goodrich:

   Both federal courts to consider this controversial mandate have struck it down as bad for patients, bad for doctors and bad for religious liberty, it is past time for this administration to stop forcing doctors to go against conscience and sound medical judgment and to start respecting their Hippocratic Oath to ‘do no harm.’.

4. Elizabeth Cady Stanton:

   Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

5. John Cornyn:

   We're voting to override a veto. I think people will vote their conscience.