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English word conscience comes from Latin sciendus, Latin con-, Latin con, and later Latin scientia (Knowledge.)
sciendus (Latin)
con- (Latin)
Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word.
con (Latin)
scientia (Latin)
Knowledge.
ști (Romanian)
(reflexive) to be known. To know (generally said of facts).
com- (Latin)
conscio (Latin)
I am conscious of, have on my conscience.. I know well.
conscire (Latin)
conscientis (Latin)
conscientia (Latin)
Knowledge shared with others, being in the know or privy to, joint knowledge; complicity. Knowledge within oneself of right or wrong; conscience; remorse. Knowledge within oneself, consciousness, feeling.
conscience (Old French)
Conscience.
conscience (English)
(chiefly fiction) 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.. (obsolete) Consciousness; thinking; awareness, especially self-awareness.. The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour.