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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To keep the homeland safe, America needs a strategy to deter a devastating war, preserve its strategic position in Asia, and thereby maintain an honorable peace with China.—
Eyck Freymann,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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In 2021, the Vietnam Veterans of America presented Agnes with an award for her dedication, devotion and honorable military service.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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My appeal is not only personal, but also moral.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Then there is the wider moral question of whether historical artifacts should ever be intentionally destroyed.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Other ethical considerations will arise as the watches go into production.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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There are also social and ethical challenges that need to be addressed.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Bindi’s only six years older, but is very conscientious and a real caregiver.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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There are unanswered overtures from the choir’s pianist Horner (Robert Emms), a soft, vulnerable young man whose conscientious-objector status renders him a fellow outsider.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Conscionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscionable. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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