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
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Do something honorable or help a cause that touches your heart.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Friendly’s: All veterans who dine in get a free All American Burger with cheese and a beverage on Monday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (show military ID or honorable discharge document to get the deal).Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
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The ship’s captain and three of the crew are then set adrift and face a similar moral dilemma as starvation sets in and rescue seems impossible.Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Nov. 2024
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Our goal is to encourage the next generation of journalists who seek to shine a light on abuses of power and produce stories of moral force that provoke change.Talia Buford, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
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Animation in Europe – a federation of animation producers from around the continent – further recommended that a Best Practice Guide be developed for the legal, ethical and sustainable use of AI tools.Jamie Lang, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
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This development has sent ripples through the tech industry and policy circles alike, promising to accelerate the U.S.'s AI capabilities while raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest and ethical implications.Sol Rashidi, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Of course, any conscientious consumer of these movies already knows that.Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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Moving nuclear warheads during a conventional war is extremely dangerous behavior and would demonstrate that Russia is no longer a conscientious nuclear power.William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Conscionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscionable. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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