conscionable
adjective
con·scio·na·ble
ˈkän(t)-sh(ə-)nə-bəl 
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Examples of conscionable in a Sentence
rejecting the title of hero, he insisted that any conscionable person would have done the same thing
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Banning Trump was the only conscionable response to January 6 – and de-platforming is proven to quash provocateurs.
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Holly Thomas, CNN, 12 May 2022
Of course, this was exactly why the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund was created fifteen years ago: to make the American fashion community more caring, more creative, more conscionable.
—Sally Singer, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2018
With the issue of guns and your stock portfolio (or just your 401(k) for that matter), the question is a conscionable one, but there's not a simple fix for most investors.
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Holly Thomas, CNN, 12 May 2022
Of course, this was exactly why the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund was created fifteen years ago: to make the American fashion community more caring, more creative, more conscionable.
—Sally Singer, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2018
With the issue of guns and your stock portfolio (or just your 401(k) for that matter), the question is a conscionable one, but there's not a simple fix for most investors.
—refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2018
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conscionable
adjective
con·scio·na·ble
ˈkän-chə-nə-bəl
: guided by conscience : characterized by fairness and justice compare unconscionable
conscionability
noun
ˌkän-chə-nə-ˈbi-lə-tē
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