Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-SCI-EN'TIOUS-NESS
CON-SCI-EN'TIOUS-LYCON'SCION-A-BLE
CON-SCI-EN'TIOUS-NESS, n.
A scrupulous regard to the decisions of conscience; a sense of justice, and strict conformity to its dictates. – Locke. All his conduct seemed marked with an exact and unvarying conscientiousness. – J. L. Kingsley, Eulogy on Prof. Fisher.
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