conscion
conscion verb: to have a (specified kind of) conscience.
Verb
conscion (third-person singular simple present conscions, present participle conscioning, simple past and past participle conscioned)
- To have a (specified kind of) conscience.
- And the Popes of those Times were not so nice conscioned to deny Princes such Requests, but were easily wonne thereunto either by Favor or Rewards :1750, A collection of scarce and valuable tracts, volume 5, page 256
- For which reason the very zealous, tender-conscioned reformers of those times thought fit to turn him out of his benefice (which was his freehold), contrary to all law and justice;1899, Frederic Jesup Stimson, King Noanett: a story of old Virginia and the Massachusetts Bay, page 30
- To find conscionable.
- Callie found herself the slightest bit irate. Her father had been so eager for her to wed a nobleman, but here he was conscioning Zeus' s dalliance with a tavern-wench!1997, Mallory Burgess, Beloved Heart, →ISBN, page 118
- That he conscioned when he deeded the lands known as the Camp Ground Tract to the Trustees it was for the use, benefit and behoof of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and these trustees were controlled in their management […]2007, Dale Wiley, There Is a Fountain: Voices and Stories, →ISBN, page 216
Forms of conscion
| third-person singular present | conscions |
|---|---|
| present participle | conscioning |
| past participle | conscioned |
| past | conscioned |
Origin of conscion
Some modern uses may be back-formations from conscionable.
Questions about conscion
- What does conscion mean?
- Conscion means to have a (specified kind of) conscience.
- What part of speech is conscion?
- Conscion is a verb.
- What is the past tense of conscion?
- The past tense of conscion is conscioned.
Words near conscion in the dictionary
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