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conscionable

[ kon-shuh-nuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. being in conformity with one's conscience; just.


conscionable

/ ˈɒʃəəə /

adjective

  1. obsolete.
    acceptable to one's conscience
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԲDzԲ, adverb
  • ˈDzԲDzԲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • DzsDz···Ա noun
  • DzsDz·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of conscionable1

1540–50; conscion- (back formation from conscions, variant of conscience, the final -s taken for plural sign) + -able
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of conscionable1

C16: from conscions, obsolete form of conscience
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By any conscionable person's moral definition, that is inhuman.

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The building was so decrepit and its offerings so inferior to its nearby all-White counterpart that the fiction of “separate but equal” could no longer be conscionably sustained.

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The building was so decrepit and its offerings so inferior to its nearby all-white counterpart that the fiction of “separate but equal” could no longer be conscionably sustained.

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"It’s not even conscionable think that he’s driving to the basket that much and not getting hit," Pistons coach Dwane Casey said.

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In general, he thinks we Americans expect our dogs “to put up with being on their own for longer than is conscionable.”

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