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conscionable

[ kon-shuh-nuh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

conscionable

/ ˈkɒnʃənəbəl /

1540–50; conscion- (back formation from conscions, variant of conscience, the final -s taken for plural sign) + -able

C16: from conscions, obsolete form of conscience

Come, come, thou must be conscionable; great and secret service may deserve both this and a better thing.

And hereby it hath dolefully hindered the gospel, while the persecutors have silenced many worthy, conscionable preachers of it.

Be conscionable and faithful in performing all the labour and duty of a servant.

And always difference the infirmities of serious conscionable christians, from the wickedness of unconscionable and ungodly men.

Conscionable practising what you know, is an excellent help to understanding, John xii.

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