Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-SCI-EN'TIOUS
CON-SCI-EN'TIOUS, a.
- Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; as, a conscientious judge.
- Regulated by conscience; according to the dictates of conscience as, a conscientious probity. – L'Estrange.
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