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Cauterize :: Cauterize (v. t.) To sear, as the conscience..

Scruple :: Scruple (n.) Hesitation as to action from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; unwillingness, doubt, or hesitation proceeding from motives of conscience..

Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.

Conviction :: Conviction (n.) The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience..

Dictate :: Dictate (v. t.) A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel..

Scruple :: Scruple (v. i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience..

Law :: Law (n.) In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature..

Casuistry :: Casuistry (a.) The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases..

Quiet :: Quiet (a.) Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience..

Erinys :: Erinys (n.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified..

Bind :: Bind (v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other..

Self-accused :: Self-accused (a.) Accused by one's self or by one's conscience.

Conscience :: Conscience (n.) The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense..

Remorse :: Remorse (n.) The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life..

Conscientiousness :: Conscientiousness (n.) The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.

Immoral :: Immoral (a.) Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed..

Compunction :: Compunction (n.) A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.

Obligatory :: Obligatory (a.) Binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier..

Self-reproached :: Self-reproached (a.) Reproached by one's own conscience or judgment.

Impressive :: Impressive (a.) Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene..

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