Definizione monolingua

conscience

conscience (plural consciences)

1. The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects ones own behaviour; inwit.
   • 1949, Albert Einstein, as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist,

     Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.

   • 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 14, page 175, ¶ 7

     [“]Twer is not a friend of mine testifying against me reluctantly and for conscience’ sake, as the prosecution would have you believe. He is a spy, performing his paid job.[”]

2. (chiefly fiction) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
3. (obsolete) Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 3, sc. 1,

     Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;

     And thus the native hue of resolution

     Is sicklied oer with the pale cast of thought.

Definizione dizionario conscience

	coscienza
	moral sense
	The moral sense of right and wrong.

anima

consapevolezza

conscienza

coscienza morale

spirito

Altri significati:

(chiefly fiction) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.

(obsolete) Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.

The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour; inwit.