conscionable

[ kon-shuh-nuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. being in conformity with one's conscience; just.

Origin of conscionable

1
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, noun
  • con·scion·a·bly, adverb

Words Nearby conscionable

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How to use conscionable in a sentence

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

    Kenilworth | Sir Walter Scott
  • And hereby it hath dolefully hindered the gospel, while the persecutors have silenced many worthy, conscionable preachers of it.

    A Christian Directory | Baxter Richard
  • 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.

British Dictionary definitions for conscionable

conscionable

/ (ˈkɒnʃənəbəl) /


adjective
  1. obsolete acceptable to one's conscience

Origin of conscionable

1
C16: from conscions, obsolete form of conscience

Derived forms of conscionable

  • conscionableness, noun
  • conscionably, adverb

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