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consciencean inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈkɑːnʃəns/

Korean meaning: 양심, 도덕심

Korean pronunciation: **칸**셔스

Example Sentences

  • My conscience wouldn't let me sleep after I lied to my mom.
  • She donated anonymously because her conscience told her not to show off.
  • His conscience was so loud, it could probably wake up the neighbors.

conscience

NOUN

//ˈkɑːnʃəns//

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior

conscience concept
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an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈkɑːnʃəns/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈkɒnʃəns/

🌳Etymology

Prefixcon--
Rootsci
Suffix--ence

Origin

라틴어 'conscientia'에서 유래했으며, '함께 알다'라는 의미에서 발전하여 '내적으로 아는 것', 즉 양심을 뜻하게 되었습니다.

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🎵Rhyme

competenceconferencereference
competence
conference
reference

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📝Examples

My conscience wouldn't let me sleep after I lied to my mom.

She donated anonymously because her conscience told her not to show off.

😄 Fun example

His conscience was so loud, it could probably wake up the neighbors.

😄 Fun example

I have a clear conscience about eating the last pizza slice—I asked everyone first!

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

moralityethicsprinciplesintegrityscruples

Antonyms

amoralitycorruptiondishonesty

Related

consciousconscientiousmoralguiltremorse