geweten

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Meaning

Concepts

Iedere individuele afgevaardigde moet hieraan naar eer en geweten voldoen .

These must be met by each individual Member to the best of his or her knowledge and belief.

weten

(transitive) to know (knowledge), to be aware of something
(transitive) to remember
(auxiliary) to be able to, to manage to (literally, "to know how to/to know of a way to")

wijten

to blame

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɣəˈʋeː.tə(n)/

16th century, calque of German Gewissen, in part through Middle Low German gewēten. Further from Middle High German gewizzen, from Old High German gewizzanī, a calque of Latin conscientia, itself a calque of Ancient Greek συνείδησις (suneídēsis). Equivalent to ge- + weten (“to know”).