- (a.) Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person.
- (a.) Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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