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. George Leo Thomas:

   Parishioners are free to assert their right to declare conscience objections on medical or moral grounds should they so desire.

2. Brendan Perry:

   I need my conscience to keep watch over me To protect me from myself So I can wear honesty like a crown on my head When I walk into the promised land

3. Robert G. Ingersoll:

   Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

4. Thiruman Archunan:

   There is no dharma greater than a word uttered by a man of conscience; there is no karma greater than a man listening to himself! Since an intention precedes action, it should be the reference point for any action.

5. Joseph Schumpeter:

   It is not true that democracy will always safeguard freedom of conscience better than autocracy. Witness the most famous of all trials. Pilate was, from the standpoint of the Jews, certainly the representative of autocracy. Yet he tried to protect freedom. And he yielded to a democracy.