Conscientiousness

Quick meaning: Conscientiousness is a noun meaning The state or characteristic of being conscientious.

Meaning

The state or characteristic of being conscientious.

Example Sentences

It seems evident that those who have expressed the view that the following of personal inclination is sometimes morally better than conscientiousness are confusing this issue with another to which we must next give attention.

We come now to the greatest and noblest of the Moral Powers of Man; to that power which makes him quite a different order of being from any other that we know of, and which is the glory and crown of his existence:—his Conscientiousness.

It is a terrible thing a Man should be put to Death for a Crime he is not Guilty of; yet so oddly Circumstances may meet in the infinite variety of Accidents, that it is possible it should come to pass, all the Wisdom that Judges, and Conscientiousness that Juries may be possess'd of, notwithstanding.

Synonyms for conscientiousness

Depending on context, synonyms include painstakingness.

Antonyms for conscientiousness

Common opposites include unconscientiousness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include painstakingness, self-consciousness, self-awareness, awareness, consciousness, initiative.

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