conscionable

[kon-shuh-nuh-buhl]

adjective

1. being in conformity with one's conscience; just.

conscionable

/ ˈkɒnʃənəbəl /

adjective

1. obsolete,  acceptable to one's conscience

Other Word Forms

• conscionableness noun
• conscionably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of conscionable¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of conscionable¹

C16: from conscions, obsolete form of _conscience

Example Sentences

By any conscionable person's moral definition, that is inhuman.

From Salon

The building was so decrepit and its offerings so inferior to its nearby all-White counterpart that the fiction of “separate but equal” could no longer be conscionably sustained.

From Washington Post

The building was so decrepit and its offerings so inferior to its nearby all-white counterpart that the fiction of “separate but equal” could no longer be conscionably sustained.

From Seattle Times

"It’s not even conscionable think that he’s driving to the basket that much and not getting hit," Pistons coach Dwane Casey said.

From Fox News

In general, he thinks we Americans expect our dogs “to put up with being on their own for longer than is conscionable.”

From Seattle Times

Related Words

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• scrupulous 
• strict 
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