Conscientiousness
[,kɑnʃɪ'ɛnʃəsnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the trait of being painstaking and careful.
(noun.) the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience.
Inputed by Jane--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.
Checker: Wendy
Examples
- How insolent in me to turn on her thus for what, after all, was no fault--only an excess of conscientiousness on her part. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Miss Ophelia's conscientiousness was ever on the alert. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And, underlying all, deeper than anything else, higher and broader, lay the strongest principle of her being--conscientiousness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Edited by Jimmy