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conscientious

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
22
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/ˌkɒn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/ (UK)
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/ˌkɒn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/ (UK) · /ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/ (US)

Definition of conscientious

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
    “He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.”
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adj

  1. Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
    “He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.”
  2. Influenced by conscience; principled; 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 people.”

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Etymology

From Middle French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin cōnscientiōsus. Its English equivalent could possibly be analyzed as conscient + -ous. See more at conscience.

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