conscientious Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite characterized by extreme care and great effort
scrupulous; painstaking.
- conscientious application to the work at hand
- painstaking research
- scrupulous attention to details
adjective guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong
- a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice

Cf. F. consciencieux, LL. conscientiosus.

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.
Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions.
A holy and conscientious course. Abp. Tillotson.
Syn. -- Scrupulous; exact; faithful; just; upright.