conscience

Nouns

  • (n) motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrong,
  • (n) conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
    • a person of unflagging conscience
  • (n) a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
    • he has no conscience about his cruelty

Synonyms

moral sense scruples sense of right and wrong

Words of close approximity

conscienceless conscience money conscience-smitten