conscience, n. 1. sense of right and wrong, moral sense, inward monitor; the still, small voice; principles, scruples, morals, ethics, standards.
2. uprightness, honesty, probity, rectitude, integrity, conscientiousness.
3. in all conscience in all reason and fairness, in faith, in truth, truly, certainly, assuredly; honestly, upon my honor.
conscience-stricken, adj. contrite, pentitent, penitential, repentant; compunctious, remorseful, regretful, regretting, sorry, troubled, disturbed; guilt-ridden, self-accusing, self-reproachful; chastened, humbled, shamed, ashamed, embarrassed, chagrined,
conscientious, adj. 1. scrupulous, principled, right-minded, ethical, moral, conscionable; upright, righteous, just, honorable, upstanding, high-minded; good, sincere, honest, true, all wool and a yard wide; earnest, hard-working, dedicated, devoted, faithful, loyal.
2. careful, cautious, prudent, politic, discreet, judicious, circumspect; mindful, thoughtful, regardful, heedful, attentive, solicitous; meticulous, punctilious, exact, precise, accurate; correct, proper, decorous, rigid, stiff, starched; particular, finical, finicky, picky, fussy, hard to please; critical, exacting, demanding, fastidious; painstaking, minute, detailed, fine, nice, thorough, searching; scientific, mathematical, severe, rigorous, strict, close.
conscious, adj. 1. aware, sentient, alive to, Archaic. ware; cognizant, sensible of, familiar with, acquainted with, Sl. wise to; mindful, regardful, observant, awake, wide-awake, alert, on the beam or ball, thinking, reasoning; self-conscious, self-aware, knowing, percipient.
2. known, felt, perceived, apperceived, realized, experienced.
3. deliberate, intentional, on purpose, volitional, willed, willful; premeditated, designed, calculated.
consciousness, n. awareness, Inf. living daylights, sentience, sensibility, sensitivity; cognizance, familiarity, acquaintance; observance, consideration, mindfulness, regardfulness; wakefulness, alertness, watchfulness; perception, apperception, understanding, comprehension, apprehension, recognition, realization, intuition.
conscript, v. 1. (in reference to military service) draft, induct, conscribe, impress, press, Naut. shanghai, crimp; recruit, enlist, Archaic, list, muster in, levy; activate, call up, mobilize.
2. recruit, procure, muster, gather up or together; secure, obtain, enroll, register; engage, take on, hire, employ.
3. commandeer, coerce, compel, force, pressure, Inf. strong-arm, dragoon; oblige, constrain, impel. -n. 4. (all in reference to the military) recruit, inductee, enlistee, draftee; cadet, plebe or pleb; buck private, private, P.F.C., seaman,
conscription, n. 1. (all in reference to military service) draft, compulsory enrollment; enlistment, mus-ter-in, levy, recruitment.
2. registration, sign-up; engagement, procurement, securing, hiring; gathering, assembling, mustering,
consecrate, v. 1. sanctify, hallow, make holy, bless, anoint; canonize, Rom. Cath. Ch. beatify; deify, god, apotheosize.
2. devote, dedicate, pledge, promise, vow; commit, consign, assign, apply, give.
3. venerate, honor, esteem, revere, bow down to; glorify, extol, exalt, praise, laud, celebrate, Archaic. magnify.
consecration, n. sanctification, dedication, devotion, hallowing, blessing, anointing, Eccles. ordination;