conscience

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The ethical or moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
2. A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
3. (obsolete) Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.

Concepten

geweten

bewustzijn

besef

bezinning

Bewustzijn

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkɒn.ʃəns/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English conscience, from Old French conscience, from Latin conscientia (“knowledge within oneself”), from consciens, present participle of conscire (“to know, to be conscious (of wrong)”), from com- (“together”) + scire (“to know”).

Zinnen

A good conscience is a soft pillow .

Een goed geweten is een zacht kussen.