Conscion

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To have a (specified kind of) conscience. archaic, rare

    "And the Popes of those Times were not so nice conscioned to deny Princes such Requests, but were easily wonne thereunto either by Favor or Rewards :"

  2. 2
    To find conscionable. rare

    "Callie found herself the slightest bit irate. Her father had been so eager for her to wed a nobleman, but here he was conscioning Zeus' s dalliance with a tavern-wench!"

Example

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"And the Popes of those Times were not so nice conscioned to deny Princes such Requests, but were easily wonne thereunto either by Favor or Rewards :"

Etymology

Some modern uses may be back-formations from conscionable.

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