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Conscientiousness
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or characteristic of being conscientious. uncountable
"It is a terrible thing a Man should be put to Death for a Crime he is not Guilty of; yet so oddly Circumstances may meet in the infinite variety of Accidents, that it is possible it should come to pass, all the Wisdom that Judges, and Conscientiousness that Juries may be possess'd of, notwithstanding."
- 2 the trait of being painstaking and careful wordnet
- 3 the quality of being in accord with the dictates of conscience wordnet
Etymology
From conscientious + -ness.
See also for "conscientiousness"
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