Synonyms for conscience
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
Your conscience is your highest authority.
Forms
- Plural
- consciences → compunctions, principles, qualms…
Example sentences
- principle My father made it a principle to keep early hours.
- compunction Tom has no compunction about engaging in usury.
- qualm He did not have any qualm of conscience.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| conscience | steady | |
| principle | steady | |
| compunction | rising | |
| qualm | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- qualm
- 9 letters
- principle3
- 11 letters
- compunction3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (principle3 = 3 syllables).