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Noun: conscientiousness  ,kón-shee'en-shus-nus
  1. The quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience
     
  2. The trait of being painstaking and careful
    - painstakingness

Type of: carefulness, conscience

Antonym: unconscientiousness

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