conscience
noun
the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action.
consciencelessness
-
a word derived from
conscience.
Example Sentences
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During the time he was gone—when necessarily the action of the piece was brought to a standstill—Lemaitre entertained his audience with a dissertation on seltzer-water and the consciencelessness of managers.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
His book on this journey is a narration that displays the deadly cold quality of his courage, and indeed a stupendous consciencelessness in the interest of science.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper
