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.
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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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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
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Manliness is a touchy subject these days, but there was a time when honorable combat was respected above the mere running of one’s mouth.
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And Florida passed only because one player made the honorable decision.
Adjective
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Some were opposed on moral grounds to ICE’s presence in their neighborhoods, while others questioned whether the facilities would be a drain on local resources, such as sewer and water systems.
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Players had begun getting legal money, alleviating a moral embarrassment from the previous century-plus, but transfers hadn’t yet started flipping half of every roster every season.
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The whole industry poses significant ethical risks.
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Under his direction, Cathay debuted the Aria Suite—a reimagining of premium travel—alongside the global 'Where Artistry Takes Flight' campaign, where the airline partnered with an ethical AI platform to create an interactive art tool.
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In addition to conscientious UV protection, Hall recommends that patients with aging skin prioritize hydration and skin-barrier support.
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After a two-year National Service stint as a hospital orderly (thanks to his own conscientious-objector status), Hockney landed at the Royal College of Art, in London, in the fall of 1959.
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“Conscionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscionable. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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