Synonymer

Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /ˈkɒn.ʃəns/
    • IPA: /ˈkɑn.ʃəns/
    • IPA: /ˈkɒnʃɛns/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.vicdan

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour.
  2. (chiefly fiction) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
  3. (obsolete) Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.

Exempel

  • Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.
  • [“]Twer is not a friend of mine testifying against me reluctantly and for conscience’ sake, as the prosecution would have you believe. He is a spy, performing his paid job.[”]
  • ‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?
  • Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
  • And thus the native hue of resolution
  • Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.

Böjningsformer

Pluralconsciences

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