conscience
con.science or in conscience \'ka:n-ch*n(t)s\ n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L
conscientia, fr. conscient-, consciens, pr]p. of conscire to be conscious,
be conscious of guilt, fr. com- + scire to know - more at SCIENCE 1a: the
sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's
own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation
to do right or be good 1b: a faculty, power, or principle enjoining good
acts 1c: the part of the superego in psychoanalysis that transmits
commands and admonitions to the ego obs 2: CONSCIOUSNESS 3: conformity
to the dictates of conscience : CONSCIENTIOUSNESS : in all fairness - in
all conscience