consciencia

/konsˈθjenθja/ · B2 · noun · f

awareness

🧠 con + scientia: 'with knowledge', so knowing yourself and right from wrong

From Latin conscientia: con (with) + scire (to know). Knowing something 'together with' yourself gives awareness, consciousness, and the inner knowing of right and wrong, which is conscience. English science shares the root scire.

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