CONSCIENTIOUS

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

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.

2.
a.

Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions. A holy and conscientious course. Abp. Tillotson.