conscientious
Saykon-shee-EN-shuhs/ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs/UK/ˌkɒnʃiˈɛnʃəs/
- 1Working hard and carefully so that a job is done well.
She is a conscientious student who checks her homework twice.
Our neighbor is very conscientious about watering the plants while we are away.
Similardiligent, meticulous, thorough, careful, painstaking
- 2Of a person, always trying to do what is right because of a strong sense of right and wrong.
He is too conscientious to lie, even when a lie would be easier.
A conscientious judge will not accept gifts from anyone in a case.
Similarprincipled, scrupulous, honest
Oppositeunscrupulous, unprincipled
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Origin
From French conscientieux, from Latin. It is related to the word conscience.