conscience
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
Types & categories
- ethics hypernym
- superego hyponym
- wee small voice hyponym
- sense of shame hyponym
Sense 2 noun
conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
a person of unflagging conscience
Types & categories
- morality hypernym
- conscientiousness hyponym
- unconscientiousness hyponym
Related & opposite
- conscientious derivation
Sense 3 noun
a feeling of shame when you do something immoral
he has no conscience about his cruelty
Types & categories
- shame hypernym
Related & opposite
- conscientious derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ethics |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | superego |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wee small voice |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sense of shame |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conscientious |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | morality |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | conscientiousness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unconscientiousness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conscientious |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | shame |