Conscience

Meaning

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior

An inner sense of right and wrong that guides a person's actions.

Example Sentences

His conscience prevented him from lying to his parents about his grades.

Her conscience told her to admit the mistake.

Example Expressions

a guilty conscience

Synonyms

moral sense, ethics, scruples, inner voice, morality, principles, integrity

Entry 1

moral sense, ethics, scruples, inner voice

Entry 2

morality, ethics, principles, scruples, integrity

Antonyms

amorality, unscrupulousness, immorality, corruption, wickedness

Entry 1

amorality, unscrupulousness, immorality

Entry 2

immorality, corruption, wickedness

Collocations

clear conscience, guilty conscience, matter of conscience, prick of conscience

Entry 1

clear conscience, guilty conscience, matter of conscience

Entry 2

clear conscience, guilty conscience, prick of conscience