conscience
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,537 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,924 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions also: scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong
- conformity to one's own sense of right conduct a person of unflagging conscience
- a feeling of shame when you do something immoral he has no conscience about his cruelty
conscience in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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An over sensitive conscience is simply the evidence of spiritual dyspepsia.
Crankisms · Lisle de Vaux Matthewman · Chapter 1
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This gave her the energy to curb the last revolts of her conscience.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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It was another name for spoiling him with the best conscience in the world.
Greville Fane · Henry James · Chapter 1
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It was not conscience that made me do so: it was a sort of cowardice.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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And as I realized this, I saw simultaneously how I could throw one more sop to my exigent conscience.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1