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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characterized by extreme care and great effort;
- Example: "conscientious application to the work at hand"
- Example: "painstaking research"
- Example: "scrupulous attention to details"
[syn: conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous]

2. guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong;
- Example: "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            The advice of wise and conscientious men.
                                                  --Prescott.
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   2. Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the
      dictates of conscience; -- said of actions.
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            A holy and conscientious course.      --Abp.
                                                  Tillotson.

   Syn: Scrupulous; exact; faithful; just; upright.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conscientious
    adj 1: characterized by extreme care and great effort;
           "conscientious application to the work at hand";
           "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"
           [syn: conscientious, 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]