Associations to the word «Conscientious»

Wiktionary

CONSCIENTIOUS, adjective. Thorough, careful, or vigilant; implies a desire to do a task well.
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR, noun. Someone who refuses to fight in an armed conflict because of religious or moral principles.
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS, noun. Plural of conscientious objector

Dictionary definition

CONSCIENTIOUS, adjective. Characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details".
CONSCIENTIOUS, adjective. Guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats