as in honorable
guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong
rejecting the title of hero, he insisted that any conscionable person would have done the same thing
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Recent Examples of conscionable
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.
—refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2018
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscionable
Adjective
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Taylor Heinicke signed off on his NFL career Thursday evening, taking to social media to announce his retirement after an honorable seven-season career with five teams.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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The vast majority are honorable and conform their actions to the rules.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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The lead up to this anniversary has happened alongside this looming, all-pervading sense that a revolution — both political and moral — is mounting.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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The conceit also has a moral dimension.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Finally, there are ethical issues with profiting on things such as deaths, natural disasters and wars.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The ethical wisdom of classical Greece is preserved for all time in these quotes, expressed in lines of elegant, metrical verse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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So naturally, the thought of turning Hypergnosis into an ethical company doesn’t compute, even to a seemingly conscientious person like Harper, who likens Anushka’s vision to buying a jet and asking where the brakes are.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
10 May 2026
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While acknowledging that antisemites may have good characteristics—a loving husband, a generous and conscientious citizen—Sartre claimed that their hatred ultimately defines them.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
8 May 2026
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“Conscionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscionable. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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