Англо-русский словарь - conscience
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conscience
noun совесть to have smth. on ones conscience - иметь что-л. на совести, чувствовать себя виноватым в чем-л. to get smth. off ones conscience - успокоить свою совесть в отношении чего-л. in all conscience, upon ones conscience - по совести говоря; конечно, поистине to make a matter of conscience - поступать по совести - good conscience - clear conscience - bad conscience - evil conscience - for conscience sake - freedom of conscience - have the conscience
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сущ. 1) совесть 2) сознание - freedom of conscience - liberty of conscience - make smth. a matter of conscience ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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n. 1 a moral sense of right and wrong esp. as felt by a person and affecting behaviour (my conscience won't allow me to do that). 2 an inner feeling as to the goodness or otherwise of one's behaviour (my conscience is clear; has a guilty conscience). Phrases and idioms case of conscience a matter in which one's conscience has to decide a conflict of principles. conscience clause a clause in a law, ensuring respect for the consciences of those affected. conscience money a sum paid to relieve one's conscience, esp. about a payment previously evaded. conscience-stricken (or -struck) made uneasy by a bad conscience. for conscience (or conscience') sake to satisfy one's conscience. freedom of conscience a system allowing all citizens a free choice of religion. in all conscience colloq. by any reasonable standard; by all that is fair. on one's conscience causing one feelings of guilt. prisoner of conscience a person imprisoned by a State for holding political or religious views it does not tolerate. Derivatives conscienceless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L conscientia f. conscire be privy to (as com-, scire know) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin conscientia, from conscient-, consciens, present participle of conscire to be conscious, be conscious of guilt, from com- + scire to know — more at science Date: 13th century 1. a. 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 b. a faculty, power, or principle enjoining good acts c. the part of the superego in psychoanalysis that transmits commands and admonitions to the ego 2. archaic consciousness 3. conformity to the dictates of ~ ; conscientiousness 4. sensitive regard for fairness or justice ; scruple • ~less adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(consciences) 1. Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have a guilty conscience, you feel guilty about something because you know it was wrong. If you have a clear conscience, you do not feel guilty because you know you have done nothing wrong. I have battled with my conscience over whether I should actually send this letter... What if he got a guilty conscience and brought it back?... I could go away again with a clear conscience. N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, oft poss N, adj N 2. Conscience is doing what you believe is right even though it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous. He refused for reasons of conscience to sign a new law legalising abortion. ...the law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations. N-UNCOUNT see also prisoner of conscience 3. Conscience is a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong. I’m so glad he had a pang of conscience... They have shown a ruthless lack of conscience. N-UNCOUNT 4. If you say that you cannot do something in all conscience, in good conscience, or in conscience, you mean that you cannot do it because you think it is wrong. She could not, in good conscience, back out on her deal with him. PHRASE: PHR with cl, with brd-neg 5. If you have something on your conscience, you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong. Now the murderer has two deaths on his conscience. PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 »MIND« the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong (Be guided by your conscience. | a social conscience (=a moral sense of how society should be) | a guilty/bad conscience (=feel guilty because you have done something wrong)) (It was his guilty conscience that made him offer to help. | a clear conscience (=a feeling that you have done nothing wrong)) (Well at least I can face them all with a clear conscience. | a twinge/pang of conscience (=guilty feeling)) (Ian felt a pang of conscience at having misjudged her. | have no conscience (about sth) (=not feel guilty about something)) (They've no conscience at all about cheating. | a prisoner of conscience (=someone who is in prison because of their political or religious beliefs) | a matter of conscience (=something that you must make a moral judgment about)) (I can't tell you what to do - it's a matter of conscience.) 2 on your conscience if you have something on your conscience it makes you feel guilty (If anything happens to her I'll always have it on my conscience.) 3 prick your conscience if an action or event pricks your conscience, it makes you feel guilty (The dog's sad look pricked her conscience and she took him home.) 4 clear your conscience to make yourself stop feeling guilty by telling someone about what you did wrong (Terry decided to clear his conscience and confess.) 5 in all conscience formal if you cannot in all conscience do something, you cannot do it because you think it is wrong (I couldn't in all conscience tell him that his job was safe.) 6 in good conscience if you do something in good conscience, you do it because you think it is the right thing to do (statements made in good conscience) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 12c., from O.Fr. conscience, from L. conscientia "knowledge within oneself, a moral sense," prp. of conscire "be mutually aware," from com- "with" + scire "to know." Probably a loan-translation of Gk. syneidesis. O.E./M.E. word for this was inwit. Conscientious objector first recorded 1916. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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