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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conscientious \Con`sci*en"tious\, a. [Cf. F. consciencieux LL
conscientiosus.]
1. 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
conscientious
adj 1: characterized by extreme care and great effort;
"conscientious application to the work at hand";
"painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to
details" [syn: {painstaking}, {scrupulous}]
2: guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right
and wrong "a conscientious decision to speak out about
injustice" [ant: {unconscientious}]
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