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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conscientious \Con`sci*en"tious\, a. [Cf. F. consciencieux LL conscientiosus.] 1. 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. The advice of wise and conscientious men. --Prescott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: conscientious adj 1: characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details" [syn: {painstaking}, {scrupulous}] 2: guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice" [ant: {unconscientious}]
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