conscience

English Thesaurus

1. conformity to one's own sense of right conduct (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	morality,
definition	:	concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	conscientiousness,
definition	:	the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	unconscientiousness,
definition	:	the quality of being willing to ignore the dictates of conscience (noun.attribute)

2. a feeling of shame when you do something immoral (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	shame,
definition	:	a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt (noun.feeling)

3. motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions (noun.motive)

hypernym	:	ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals,
definition	:	motivation based on ideas of right and wrong (noun.motive)

hyponym	:	superego,
definition	:	(psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	small voice, voice of conscience, wee small voice,
definition	:	an inner voice that judges your behavior (noun.motive)

hyponym	:	sense of duty, sense of shame,
definition	:	a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility (noun.motive)

4. conformity to one's own sense of right conduct (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	conscientious, conscientious,
definition	:	guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong (adj.all)

derivation	:	conscientious, conscientious,
definition	:	guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong (adj.all)