conscionable
[kon-shuh-nuh-buh l]
- 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
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Related Words for conscionable
precise, cautious, scrupulous, accurate, fastidious, thorough, strict, painstaking, conscientious, exact, fussy, diligent, earnest, assiduous, strenuous, exacting, careful, expeditious, dependable, meticulousExamples from the Web for conscionable
Historical Examples of conscionable
Be conscionable and faithful in performing all the labour and duty of a servant.
A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4)Richard Baxter
Conscionable practising what you know, is an excellent help to understanding, John xii.
A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4)Richard Baxter
Come, come, thou must be conscionable; great and secret service may deserve both this and a better thing.
KenilworthSir Walter Scott
And hereby it hath dolefully hindered the gospel, while the persecutors have silenced many worthy, conscionable preachers of it.
A Christian DirectoryBaxter Richard
conscionable
- obsolete acceptable to one's conscience
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Word Origin for conscionable
C16: from conscions, obsolete form of conscience
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Word Origin and History for conscionable
1540s, from conscioned "having a conscience" (from conscience) + -able; obsolete from early 18c. but fossilized in its negative, unconscionable.
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