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Etymology
OF. conscience, from L. conscientia 'knowledge within oneself', from scire 'to know'.

Pronunciation
w:International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA:/k�n��ns/
audio|en-us-conscience.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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1. A person's moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects their own behaviour.

#:* 20C, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist (1949)
#:*: "Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it."

Translations
trans-top|moral sense
Afrikaans: t|af|gewete|xs=Afrikaans
Chinese: t-|cmn|��|trliángxīn|scHani|xs=Mandarin
Croatian: t-|hr|savjest|f
Czech: t+|cs|sv�domí|n
Finnish: t+|fi|omatunto
French: t+|fr|conscience|f
German: t|de|Gewissen|n
Hebrew: t|he|�צפ��|m|trmatzpun|scHebr
Hungarian: t|hu|lelkiismeret
Italian: t+|it|coscienza|f
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Japanese: ��(�����, ry�shin)
Polish: t|pl|sumienie|n
Portuguese: t|pt|consciência|f
Romanian: t-|ro|con�tiinţ�|f
Serbian: savest f
Slovene: t+|sl|vest|f
Swedish: t|sv|samvete|n
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Derived terms
conscientious
conscientiously
conscientiousness

French

Noun
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1. conscience#English|conscience
2. consciousness

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