The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.
Hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience.
A weight of ¹⁄₂₈₈ of a pound, that is, twenty grains or one third of a dram, about 1.3 grams (symbol: ℈).
A Hebrew unit of time equal to ¹⁄₁₀₈₀ hour.
To excite scruples in; to cause to scruple.
To hesitate or be reluctant to act due to considerations of conscience or expedience.
To regard with suspicion; to question.