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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The people in Japan are so honorable.—
Matt Bomer,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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Third team Gonzaga senior Graham Ike, an honorable-mention pick two years ago, earned third-team honors this season.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The moral responsibility fell too heavy, the desire to avoid ambivalence amid injustice burned too brightly.—
Megan Molteni,
STAT,
7 Apr. 2026
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In the twisted moral universe of The Drama, and maybe in our own, the cruelest kids are the ones with the clearest consciences.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Interdependence is not an ethical aspiration but a condition of life itself.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Experience this extraordinary vision yourself during an ethical tour, hotel stay or park visit that puts the animals first.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Altman, by contrast, came across as refreshingly conscientious.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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But the uncertainty surrounding the club (head coach Gareth Taylor wasn’t hired until three weeks before the season started, while the club had lost Smith and club captain Taylor Hinds to Arsenal) was anathema to someone so conscientious.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Conscionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscionable. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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