Vocabulary
Conscience
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a person’s moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one’s behaviour.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- As for the Middle East, Mr Sharif put up a passionate defence of Palestine, rightly describing Israeli atrocities as a `stain on the global conscience`, while terming the Gaza genocide as amongst the `darkest chapters` in human history.
- The UNGA session will provide states with a conscience to censure Israel for its crimes, and resist American bullying by expressing solidarity with Palestine.
- The Quran,much like the poetry that follows in its shadow, speaks to the human conscience in all its fullness.
- There is little doubt that genocide and starvation in Gaza are a stain on humanity`s conscience.
- Nowhere is this clearer than in the US Senate an institution not known for sudden swings of conscience.
Synonyms
sense of right and wrong, sense of right, moral sense, still small voice, inner voice, voice within,
Curator example
“he had a guilty conscience about his desires”
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