Home › Words › C › conscionconscionconscion means to have a (specified kind of) conscience.EtymologySome modern uses may be back-formations from conscionable.verbTo have a (specified kind of) conscience.e.g.“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:To find conscionable.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.conscienced 87% match — Having a conscience (of a particular kind). vs conscion →conscionably 79% match — In a conscionable manner. vs conscion →conscionable 77% match — In accordance with conscience; defensible; proper. vs conscion →conscionability 76% match — The quality or degree of being conscionable. vs conscion →conscionableness 75% match — The state or quality of being conscionable. vs conscion →consciencelike 74% match — Of or resembling a conscience. vs conscion →consciencewise 72% match — In terms of one's conscience, or moral scruples. vs conscion →conscient 72% match — conscious; aware vs conscion →