Noun: conscience kón-shun(t)s
- Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
"Her conscience prevented her from accepting the bribe";
- 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"
Derived forms: consciences
Type of: ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals, shame
Encyclopedia: Conscience, Examination of