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conscience (iou)



conscience noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin conscientia privity of knowledge, consciousness, from conscire be privy to, formed as CON- + scire know: see -ENCE.]
I.
One's inmost thought, one's mind or heart. ME-E17.
Shakespeare Henry V I will speak my conscience of the King: I think he would not wish himself anywhere but where he is.
(An) inward knowledge or consciousness; (an) internal conviction; mental recognition or acknowledgement (of). LME-M19.
Hobbes Mankind, from conscience of its own weaknesse.
Reasonableness, understanding. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
II.
A moral sense of right or wrong; a sense of responsibility felt for private or public actions, motives, etc.; the faculty or principle that leads to the approval of right thought or action and condemnation of wrong. ME.
E. Peacock With several twinges of conscience. R. Macaulay David can do as he likes.., it is between him and his conscience. E. Roosevelt Working conditions which no one with any social conscience would tolerate today.
Conscientious observance of, regard to. LME-L17.
Practice of or conformity to what is considered right; conscientiousness. arch. LME.
A. C. Swinburne The care and conscience with which their scenes were wrought out.
Sense of guilt with regard to a thought or action; scruple, compunction, remorse. LME-E17.
Phrases: bad conscience, guilty conscience a conscience troubled by feelings of remorse, guilt, or sin; a consciousness that one's thoughts or actions are or have been wrong. case of conscience [translating Latin casus conscientiae] a matter in which a conflict of principles has to be resolved by one's conscience. clear conscience, good conscience a conscience untroubled by feelings of remorse, guilt, or sin; a consciousness that one's thoughts or actions are or have been right. for conscience sake, for conscience' sake in order to satisfy one's conscience. freedom of conscience, liberty of conscience freedom of all citizens of a State to practise the Religion of their choice. good conscience: see clear conscience above. guilty conscience: see bad conscience above. have on one's conscience feel guilty about. in all conscience colloq. by any reasonable standard. keep a person's conscience ensure that he or she forms sound moral judgements. liberty of conscience: see freedom of conscience above. make a conscience of, make conscience of have scruples about. prick of conscience: see PRICK noun. prisoner of conscience a person detained or imprisoned because of his or her religious or political beliefs. social conscience: see SOCIAL adjective. soul and conscience: see SOUL noun.
Comb.: conscience clause: (in a law etc.) ensuring respect for the consciences of those affected; conscience money: sent to relieve the conscience, esp. in payment of evaded income tax; conscience-smitten, conscience-stricken, conscience-struck adjectives made uneasy by a bad conscience.
conscienced adjective having a conscience (of a specified Nature) M16.
conscienceless adjective LME.

puff-puff (iou)



puff-puff noun. colloq. or nursery. L19.
[Redupl. of PUFF noun, verb.]
A locomotive, a railway train.