conscionable
[ kon-shuh-nuh-buhl ]
/ ˈkɒn ʃə nə bəl /
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
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Example sentences from the Web for conscionable
Come, come, thou must be conscionable; great and secret service may deserve both this and a better thing.
Kenilworth|Sir Walter ScottBe conscionable and faithful in performing all the labour and duty of a servant.
A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4)|Richard BaxterAnd hereby it hath dolefully hindered the gospel, while the persecutors have silenced many worthy, conscionable preachers of it.
A Christian Directory|Baxter RichardConscionable practising what you know, is an excellent help to understanding, John xii.
A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4)|Richard Baxter
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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