Definition of Conscientious

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Conscientious

Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person.

Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions.

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Conscientious Quotations

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.
John F. Kennedy

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
George Eliot

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
Herodotus

The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.
James Cash Penney

Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
James Russell Lowell

It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.
Harold Pinter

I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.
Ryan Phillippe

For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.
Howard Nemerov

Conscientious Translations

conscientious in French is scrupuleux
conscientious in German is gewissenhaft
conscientious in Hungarian is lelkiismeretes
conscientious in Italian is coscenzioso
conscientious in Portuguese is consciencioso
conscientious in Spanish is concienzudo, esmerado
conscientious in Swedish is samvetsgrann

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