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conscientiousness

conscientiousness noun: the state or characteristic of being conscientious.

Noun

conscientiousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being conscientious.
    • It is a terrible thing a Man should be put to Death for a Crime he is not Guilty of; yet so oddly Circumstances may meet in the infinite variety of Accidents, that it is possible it should come to pass, all the Wisdom that Judges, and Conscientiousness that Juries may be possess'd of...1723, Bernard Mandeville, An Essay on Charity and Charity Schools
    • We come now to the greatest and noblest of the Moral Powers of Man; to that power which makes him quite a different order of being from any other that we know of, and which is the glory and crown of his existence:—his Conscientiousness.1848, Harriet Matineau, Household Education

conscientiousness meaning in Tamil and Marathi

conscientiousness in Tamil

நெஞ்சங்கோடாமை, கடமையுணர்ச்சி

conscientiousness in Marathi

state or characteristic of being conscientious
कर्तव्यदक्षपणा kartavyadakṣapṇā

Origin of conscientiousness

From conscientious + -ness.

Questions about conscientiousness

What does conscientiousness mean?
Conscientiousness means the state or characteristic of being conscientious.
What is conscientiousness in Tamil?
Conscientiousness in Tamil is நெஞ்சங்கோடாமை, கடமையுணர்ச்சி. See Conscientiousness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is conscientiousness?
Conscientiousness is a noun.

Words near conscientiousness in the dictionary

  1. conscientious objection
  2. conscientious objections
  3. conscientious objector
  4. conscientious objectors
  5. conscientiously
  6. conscientiousness
  7. conscientise
  8. conscientised
  9. conscientises
  10. conscientising
  11. conscientization

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