dictate of conscience
11dictate — verb Dictate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑circumstance, ↑common sense, ↑conscience, ↑convention, ↑etiquette, ↑necessity, ↑regulation, ↑rule, ↑tradition, ↑wisdom Dictate is used wi …
12dictate — I. verb (dictated; dictating) Etymology: Latin dictatus, past participle of dictare to assert, dictate, frequentative of dicere to say more at diction Date: 1581 intransitive verb 1. to give dictation 2. to speak or act domineeringly ; prescri …
13dictate — 1. noun /ˌdɪkˈteɪt,ˈdɪkˌteɪt/ An order or command. I must obey the dictates of my conscience. 2. verb /ˌdɪkˈteɪt,ˈdɪkˌteɪt/ a) To order, command, control …
14dictate — dic•tate v. [[t]ˈdɪk teɪt, dɪkˈteɪt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈdɪk teɪt[/t]] v. tat•ed, tat•ing, n. 1) to say or read aloud for a person to transcribe or for a machine to record 2) to prescribe authoritatively; command unconditionally: to dictate peace terms… …
15dictate — verb (dictated, dictating) –verb (t) /dɪkˈteɪt / (say dik tayt) 1. to say or read aloud (something) to be taken down in writing or recorded mechanically. 2. to prescribe positively; command with authority: *Commercial reality dictates that the… …
16dictate — v. & n. v. 1 tr. say or read aloud (words to be written down or recorded). 2 a tr. prescribe or lay down authoritatively (terms, things to be done). b intr. lay down the law; give orders. n. (usu. in pl.) an authoritative instruction (dictates of …
17Sin — • A moral evil Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sin Sin † Catholic Encyclopedia ► …
18duty — du·ty n pl du·ties [Anglo French deuté indebtedness, obligation, from deu owing, due, from Old French see due] 1: tasks, service, or functions that arise from one s position performing a police officer s duties; also: a period of being on duty… …
19rightness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Conformity with reason or justice Nouns 1. rightness, right, what ought to be, what should be, fitness, propriety; due[ness], rightfulness; morality, probity, honor, virtue, lawfulness; dictate of… …
20decree — de·cree /di krē/ n [Old French decré, from Latin decretum, from neuter of decretus, past participle of decernere to decide] 1: an order having the force of law by judicial decree 2: a judicial decision esp. in an equity or probate court; broadly …
