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conscionable
[ kon-shuh-nuh-buhl ]
/ ˈkɒn ʃə nə bəl /
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adjective
being in conformity with one's conscience; just.
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Origin of conscionable
1540–50; conscion- (back formation from conscions, variant of conscience, the final -s taken for plural sign) + -able
OTHER WORDS FROM conscionable
con·scion·a·ble·ness, nouncon·scion·a·bly, adverbWords nearby conscionable
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British Dictionary definitions for conscionable
conscionable
/ (ˈkɒnʃənəbəl) /
adjective
obsolete acceptable to one's conscience
Derived forms of conscionable
conscionableness, nounconscionably, adverbWord Origin for conscionable
C16: from conscions, obsolete form of conscience
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