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Noun conscience has 3 senses

conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong - motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions
--₁ is a kind of ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality
--₁ has particulars:
superego; wee small voice, small voice, voice of conscience; sense of shame, sense of duty
conscience - conformity to one's own sense of right conduct; "a person of unflagging conscience"
--₂ is a kind of morality
--₂ has particulars: conscientiousness; unconscientiousness
conscience - a feeling of shame when you do something immoral; "he has no conscience about his cruelty"
--₃ is a kind of shame