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<hw>Con"scient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consciens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p.pr.]</ety> <def>Conscious.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

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<hw>Con`sci*en"tious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>consciencieux</ets>, LL. <ets>conscientiosus</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person.</def>

<blockquote>The advice of wise and <b>conscientious</b> men. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions.</def>

<blockquote>A holy and <b>conscientious</b> course. <i>Abp. Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Scrupulous; exact; faithful; just; upright.</syn>

<h1>Conscientiously</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con`sci*en"tious*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.</def>

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<hw>Con`sci*en"tious*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.</def>

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<hw>Con"scion*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Irregularly formed fr. <ets>conscience</ets>.]</ety> <def>Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.</def>

<blockquote>Let my debtors have <b>conscionable</b> satisfaction. <i>Sir H. Wotton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conscionableness</h1> <Xpage=306>

<hw>Con"scion*a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being conscionable; reasonableness.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

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<hw>Con"scion*a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Reasonably; justly.</def>

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<hw>Con"scious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conscius</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>scire</ets> to know. See <er>Conscience</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.</def>

<blockquote>Some are thinking or <b>conscious</b> beings, or have a power of thought. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible.</def>

<blockquote>Her <b>conscious</b> heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The man who breathes most healthilly is least <b>conscious</b> of his own breathing. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; <as>as, <ex>conscious</ex> guilt</as>.</def>