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conscientiousness Definition


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conscientious
adj
    1. Careful; thorough; painstaking.
      Thesaurus: scrupulous, meticulous, thorough, dedicated, exact, fastidious, painstaking; Antonym: indifferent, nonchalant.
    2. Guided by conscience.
      Thesaurus: honourable, pious, honest, principled, ethical, moral, upright.
Derivative: conscientiously
adverb
    Derivative: conscientiousness
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: from Latin conscientiosus.



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