konsensya
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- conscience; the moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects one's own behaviour
- (chiefly) 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
- scruple; hesitation to act from the difficulty of determining what is right or expedient; doubt, hesitation or unwillingness due to motives of conscience
Etymology
Derived from Spanish, Castilian conciencia derived from Latin conscientia (knowledge within oneself).
Origin
Latin
conscientia
Gloss
knowledge within oneself
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- conscientia Latin
- cōnsciēns Latin
- coscienza Italian
- autoconciencia Spanish, Castilian
- conciencia Spanish, Castilian
- consciencia Spanish, Castilian
- consciência Portuguese
- conscience Old French
- konsensiya Tagalog