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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun conscientiousness has 2 senses
- conscientiousness(n = noun.attribute) Array - the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience; Array is a kind of conscience
- conscientiousness(n = noun.attribute) painstakingness - the trait of being painstaking and careful; Array is a kind of carefulness
has particulars: religiousness
Derived form adjective conscientious2
Antonym: unconscientiousness
has particulars: meticulosity, meticulousness, punctiliousness, scrupulousness, thoroughness, diligence, strictness, stringency
Derived form adjective conscientious1
Antonym: unconscientiousness
CIDE DICTIONARY
conscientiousness, n.
The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
conscientiousness
Duty
N duty, what ought to be done, moral obligation, accountableness, liability, onus, responsibility, bounden duty, imperative duty, call, call of duty, accountability, allegiance, fealty, tie engagement, part, function, calling, morality, morals, decalogue, case of conscience, conscientiousness, conscience, inward monitor, still small voice within, sense of duty, tender conscience, superego, the hell within, dueness, propriety, fitness, seemliness, amenability, decorum, to prepon, the thing, the proper thing, the right thing to do, the proper thing to do, ethics, ethology, deontology, aretology, moral philosophy, ethical philosophy, casuistry, polity, observance, fulfillment, discharge, performance, acquittal, satisfaction, redemption, good behavior, obligatory, binding, imperative, peremptory, stringent, behooving, incumbent on, chargeable on, under obligation, obliged by, bound by, tied by, saddled with, due to, beholden to, bound to, indebted to, tied down, compromised, in duty bound, amenable, liable, accountable, responsible, answerable, right, meet, moral, ethical, casuistical, conscientious, ethological, with a safe conscience, as in duty, bound, on one's own responsibility, at one's own risk, suo periculo, in foro conscientiae, quamdiu se bene gesserit, dura lex sed lex, dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, honos habet onus, leve fit quod bene fertur onus, loyaute m'oblige, simple duty bath no place for fear, stern daughter of the voice of God, there is a higher law than the Constitution.
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