English-Dutch translations for conscience

• geweten
  Ik heb naar eer en geweten gehandeld. I acted as my conscience dictated.
  Wij moeten leven met ons geweten. We must live with our consciences."
  Iedereen heeft naar eer en geweten zijn standpunt bepaald. Each of us voted with his conscience.
• gewisse

Definition of conscience

• The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour
• 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

Examples

• Your conscience is your highest authority

Related words

• conscience vote
• conscience clause
• prisoner of conscience
• pang of conscience
• pangs of conscience
• guilty conscience
• on one's conscience
• in conscience
• freedom of conscience