as in mind
one's internal sense of right and wrong
Her conscience told her to find the lost wallet's owner.
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Recent Examples of conscience
His influence in the public square is both moral and spiritual, often serving as the conscience of the faith before a watching world.
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Case Thorp, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025
The arrogance of the IRS should shock the conscience of all Americans.
—Chuck Flint, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
As a cardinal, Leo reportedly shared posts critical of Trump's family separation policy, supported statements prioritizing conscience over immigration enforcement, and questioned Vance's views on Catholicism.
—Jesus Mesa
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
The conversation eased the conscience of Prevost, then a young and deeply spiritual man with a fondness for striped trousers, St. Augustine and math equations.
—Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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Case Thorp, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025
The arrogance of the IRS should shock the conscience of all Americans.
—Chuck Flint, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
As a cardinal, Leo reportedly shared posts critical of Trump's family separation policy, supported statements prioritizing conscience over immigration enforcement, and questioned Vance's views on Catholicism.
—Jesus Mesa
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
The conversation eased the conscience of Prevost, then a young and deeply spiritual man with a fondness for striped trousers, St. Augustine and math equations.
—Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscience
Noun
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Adaptation keeps you top of mind when budgets tighten.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Making pictures is what our minds do naturally with the fragments of our experience.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
Noun
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To catch up on his late rent, Winston talks himself into a job at We Deliver, a transportation company with a colorful clientele whose requests can’t help but loosen one’s morality.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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With childhood increasingly recognized as a distinct stage of life and education in the later nineteenth century, school texts and children’s books were one way to suggest to children a certain sort of morality and social grounding.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Boeing has faced criticism for its safety standards in recent years but claims its turnaround is underway.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
4 Jan. 2025
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The storied manufacturer faced criticism for what many saw as slipping standards on its production lines in recent years.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
4 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The festival’s heart lies in the Cour d’honneur of the Palais des Papes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and its original stage.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Potential symptoms include insomnia, muscle cramps, constipation, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, weakness, numbness, tingling, personality changes and heart arrhythmias, experts say.—
Amy McGorry,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
Noun
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What this means is that attackers can apply additional characters in the target field, things like spaces and line breaks for example, so that the user only sees the legitimate-looking path and has no cause for concern that anything is amiss.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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But new life and civilizations await, including a villain that will test our characters' grit and resolve.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2025
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“Conscience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscience. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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