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hermit(dictionary)
Peter the Hermit(encyclopedia)
hermit crab(encyclopedia)
hermit crab(dictionary)
Hermit Bars(recipes)

conscience (oh) and hermit (iou)


conscience (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin conscientia, from conscire 'to be conscious (of being guilty)', from com- ( COM-) + scire 'to know']
the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong
guilty/troubled conscience
(=a guilty feeling, because you have done something wrong)
::It was his guilty conscience that made him offer to help.
::Well, at least I can face them all with a clear conscience (=when you know that you have done nothing wrong) .
::a Film with a social conscience (=a moral sense of how society should be)
prisoner of conscience
(=someone who is in prison because of their political or religious beliefs)
::I can't tell you what to do - it's a matter of conscience (=something that you must make a moral judgment about) .
::a crisis of conscience among medical staff (=a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what is the right thing to do)
::The dog's sad look pricked her conscience (=made her feel guilty) and she took him Home.
a guilty feeling that you have about something bad you have done
twinge/pang of conscience
::Ian felt a pang of conscience at having misjudged her.
have no conscience (about sth)
(=not feel guilty about something)
::They've no conscience at all about cheating.
on your conscience
if you have something on your conscience, it makes you feel guilty
::He didn't want somebody's death on his conscience.
::Could you live with that on your conscience?
not in (all/good) conscience
formal if you cannot in all conscience do something, you cannot do it because you think it is wrong
::I couldn't in all conscience tell him that his job was safe.
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HINT sense 1
Do not confuse with consciousness (=the condition of being awake and aware of thoughts and feelings).

hermit (iou)



hermit noun. , heremite. ME.
[Old French (h)ermite, eremite (mod. ermite) or late Latin eremita (medieval Latin her-) from Greek eremites from eremia desert, from eremos solitary, deserted.]
A person (esp. a man) who from religious motives has retired into solitary life; esp. an early Christian recluse. ME.
H. Maundrell Hermits retiring hither for Penance and Mortification.
b. A person who falsely claims to be a recluse; a beggar. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
c. A beadsman. L16-L17.
Shakespeare Titus Andronicus As perfect As begging hermits in their holy prayers.
A member of any of various monastic orders. LME.
A person who lives in solitude or shuns human society from any motive; an animal, esp. a sheep, of solitary habit. M17.
G. Gorer The old and poor..choose their own company; and these hermits are represented in every category. D. Prater He was by no means a hermit, and went from time to time into town.
Comb.: hermit crab any soft-bodied decapod crustacean of the family Paguridae, members of which occupy cast-off mollusc shells as protection for their hind parts; hermit ibis = WALDRAPP; hermit thrush a migratory N. American thrush, Catharus guttatus.
hermitess noun a female hermit M17.
hermithood noun E20.
hermitish adjective resembling or befitting a hermit E17.
hermitism noun the state of being a hermit; the hermitic life: L19.
hermitress noun = hermitess E17-E19.
hermitry noun the mode of life of a hermit L19.
hermitship noun E19.