What is the meaning of conscientious?

adjective

  • Characterized by extreme care and great effort.
    • usage: "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
  • Guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong.
    • usage: "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice"
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