conscience.

A person's awareness of right and wrong that guides conduct or produces guilt about wrongdoing.

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Words that belong together

• clear conscience
• troubled conscience

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His conscience would not let him ignore the missing payment.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Singular conscience; plural consciences. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.