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• Conscience — Not to be confused with consciousness. For other uses, see Conscience (disambiguation). Vincent van Gogh, 1890. Kröller Müller Museum. The Good Samaritan (after Delacroix). Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition or judgment of the …   Wikipedia

• conscience-stricken — adj ashamed, sorry, contrite, guilt ridden, guilty, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, disturbed, troubled FORMAL compunctious COLLOQ. on a guilt trip ≠ unashamed, unrepentant * * * adj : feeling very bad or guilty because of something… …   Useful english dictionary

• conscience-stricken — adjective the conscience stricken teens who set fire to the gazebo Syn: guilt ridden, remorseful, ashamed, shamefaced, apologetic, sorry; chastened, contrite, guilty, regretful, rueful, repentant, penitent, abashed, sheepish, compunctious Ant …   Thesaurus of popular words

• conscience-stricken — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. remorseful, repentant, chastened, guilt ridden; see sorry 1 …   English dictionary for students

• conscience-stricken — adj contrite, pentitent, penitential, repentant; compunctious, remorseful, regretful, regretting, sorry, troubled, disturbed; guilt ridden, self accusing, self reproachful; chastened, humbled, shamed, ashamed, embarrassed, chagrined …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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