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PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD

ALL DISPUTES ↗
CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 128

DISPUTE
RECORD.

One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.

resolvedestablished

Did conscience always mean only a moral judge?

No. Moral awareness is early and central, but the Latin family and an obsolete English sense also include consciousness or general awareness.

WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 128

conscience

/ˈkɒnʃəns/ · noun

The moral sense or awareness of one's conduct, inherited through medieval French from the Latin knowing-family.

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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE

2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE

A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.

02 / EDITORIAL STATE

THE CURRENT RECORD IS RESOLVED.

CONFIDENCE
established
STATUS
resolved
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
Merriam-Webster and American Heritage document moral senses beside the broader knowing and awareness history.
RESOLUTION NOTE

The dossier does not erase morality; it places it inside the wider recorded semantic field.