conscience

/kɒnʃəns/ · noun

Meaning

The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour.
(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.
Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.

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Related words

moral sense(English)scruples(English)sense of right and wrong(English)opinion(English)belief(English)realisation(English)knowledge(English)cognisance(English)conscientious(English)amnesty(English)communism(English)moral(English)

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