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Conscionable

Conscionable \Con"scion*a*ble\, a. [Irregularly formed fr. conscience.] Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.

Let my debtors have conscionable satisfaction.
--Sir H. Wotton.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
conscionable

1540s, from conscioned "having a conscience" (from conscience) + -able; obsolete from early 18c. but fossilized in its negative, unconscionable.

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conscionable

a. In accordance with conscience; defensible; proper.

WordNet
conscionable

adj. acceptable to your conscience

Usage examples of "conscionable".

She was too occupied with hiding under it to read it (even if she could read), just as none but the most conscionable human beings ever question the true nature of the institutions that are theoretically protecting them.