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[りょう()·しん()]
ryoushin
noun

English Meaning(s) for 良心

noun
  1. conscience

Definition and Synonyms for 良心

Conscience conformity to one's own sense of right conduct
Synonyms: 善心, 本心, 良心
Scruples motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
Synonyms: モラルセンス, 善心, 徳義心, 良心, 道徳心, 道徳意識, 道徳感覚, 道徳観念, 道心, 道念, 道義心

Meanings for each kanji in 良心

» good; pleasing; skilled
» heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)

Categories 良心 is a member of

Morality concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong
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Ethics motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
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Sample Sentences for 良心

She had a clear conscience.
He felt the pangs of conscience.
Science without conscience is only the ruin of the soul.
For the first time in my life, I felt a pang of conscience, but there was no other way out.
His conscience suddenly awoke in him.

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