conscientious

English

Etymology

From Middle French conscientieux

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkɒnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
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Adjective

conscientious (comparative more conscientious, superlative most conscientious)

  1. Thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.
    He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
  2. 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.
    The advice of wise and conscientious men.

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Further reading

  • conscientious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • conscientious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • “vigilance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
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