Conscientious

  • 51conscientious scruple — A conscientious scruple against taking an oath, serving as a juror in a capital case, doing military duty, or the like, is an objection or repugnance growing out of the fact that the person believes the thing demanded of him to be morally wrong,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 52conscientious scruple — A conscientious scruple against taking an oath, serving as a juror in a capital case, doing military duty, or the like, is an objection or repugnance growing out of the fact that the person believes the thing demanded of him to be morally wrong,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 53conscientious — Synonyms and related words: accurate, active, attentive, careful, cautious, censorious, choicy, choosy, circumspect, close, compliant, conforming, conscionable, constant, correct, critical, deferential, delicate, demanding, detailed, devoted,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 54conscientious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. faithful, honorable, upright, trusty, scrupulous, meticulous; religious; thorough, particular, careful, painstaking. See probity, care, duty. Ant., negligent, indifferent. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 55conscientious — con|sci|en|tious [ ,kanʃi enʃəs ] adjective working hard and careful to do things well ╾ con|sci|en|tious|ly adverb ╾ con|sci|en|tious|ness noun uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 56conscientious — con·sci·en·tious || ‚kÉ’nʃɪ enʃəs adj. wanting to do what is right; careful …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 57conscientious — [ˌkɒnʃɪ ɛnʃəs] adjective 1》 wishing to do what is right. 2》 relating to a person s conscience. Derivatives conscientiously adverb conscientiousness noun Origin C17: from Fr. consciencieux, from med. L. conscientiosus, from L. conscientia (see… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 58conscientious — a. Scrupulous, exact, upright, honest, just, honorable, fair, uncorrupt, incorruptible, faithful, careful, high minded, straight forward …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 59conscientious — adj 1. scrupulous, principled, right minded, ethical, moral, conscionable; upright, righteous, just, honorable, upstanding, high minded; good, sincere, honest, true, all wool and a yard wide; earnest, hard working, dedicated, devoted, faithful,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 60conscientious — con·sci·en·tious …

    English syllables

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