Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Acceptable or permissible according to conscience.
- adjective Conscientious; principled.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Governed by conscience; conscientious.
- Conformable to conscience; consonant with right or duty; proper; just.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In accordance with
conscience ;defensible ;proper .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective acceptable to your conscience
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Walking away from atrocities does not make them go away, and it is not conscionable morally or wise strategically ...
James Zogby: "Mister Smith" Leaves Washington James Zogby 2010
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Walking away from atrocities does not make them go away, and it is not conscionable morally or wise strategically ...
James Zogby: "Mister Smith" Leaves Washington James Zogby 2010
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Any time we make a conscionable effort at acquiring said Wardrobe we invariably become confused and disoriented and have to breathe deeply and then go eat a snack.
On Work Attire 2009
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Both are medically, ethically conscionable uses of a donated body.
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Any time we make a conscionable effort at acquiring said Wardrobe we invariably become confused and disoriented and have to breathe deeply and then go eat a snack.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Actually treating them like "common criminals" is conscionable because it validates our system of laws and our culture.
Administration critics slam civilian trials for 9/11 suspects 2009
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On the plus side of the ledger, Iraq has many of the structural features of a modern, functioning society - an educated populace, an economic middle class and bureaucratic institutions that, while lumbering and more corrupt than would be conscionable by our standards, still manage to deliver services to the public.
Rep. John Sarbanes: Key Tests Loom in Iraq and Afghanistan Rep. John Sarbanes 2011
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Viet Nam also set the precedent for the CIA to go well beyond any conscionable realm for their involvement in the murder of Diem.
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All it promises now is deforestation, escalating world food prices, revolution and starvation. the only conscionable use for food is food.
Pig farmers warn of pork price rise as their feed costs soar 2011
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This appears to either be a case of seeking tax exemptions (which makes less sense than for heterosexual couples capable of having children and the necessity for said exemptions that accompanies that) or for acknowledgement of their lifestyles as conscionable by the American people.
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