conscionableadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɒnʃənəbl/,

/ˈkɒnʃn̩əbl/, U.S.

/ˈkɑnʃ(ə)nəbəl/

Forms: 1500s coscionable (perhaps transmission error), 1500s–1600s consionable, 1500s– conscionable, 1600s conscinable, 1600s conssionable, 1600s conssionnable, 1700s concionable; Scottish pre-1700 conscienabill, pre-1700 conscieonable, pre-1700 conscionabill, pre-1700 1700s– conscionable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: conscience n., -able suffix.

Etymology: < conscion- , inferred singular of conscions , variant of conscience n. (see conscioned adj.) + -able suffix, perhaps after e.g. passionable adj. or rationable adj.¹ Compare unconscionable adj. and earlier conscioned adj.

a. Acting, or wishing to act, according to one's conscience; habitually governed by a sense of what is right; scrupulous; (cf. conscientious adj. 2). Also: acting or thinking justly; fair-minded.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adjective] > conscientious

faithfulc1400

good-heartedc1425

rigorousa1500

nice-conscienced1530

scrupulous1542

conscionable1549

punctual1609

conscientious1611

tender-conscienceda1617

conscious1628

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Qvi There were..in both houses, a greate meny learned men, coscionable men, wyse men.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Conscionable or hauynge a good conscience, religiosus.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H2 Conscionable in their dealings, as well toward the poore as toward the rich.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 239 A knaue..no farder conscionable, then in putting on the meere forme of ciuill and hand-seeming.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 240 True hearted to God, and conscionable in their waies.

1697 Trial & Determination of Truth 22 Now the Government has been so kind to settle Liberty of Conscience by a Law, our Conscionable Men turn their Backs upon the Church.

1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body iii. iv. 36 You and my most Conscionable Guardian here,..plotted and agreed, to chouse a..Gentleman, out of a Hundred Pound.

1771 Disguise I. iii. i. 188 I shall be able to pay any fine that a conscionable judge can award.

1821 Niles' Weekly Reg. 19 May 179/2 All desire to receive, and will receive, as much as they can get, even the most conscionable of them—if it is the market price.

1884 Harper's Mag. June 140/1 Those characters that were entitled to command the admiration and respect of all good people..were: a young saint; an old martyr; a religious soldier; a conscionable statesman; [etc.].

1962 Ebony Apr. 86/2 The demand for communication on the same social level is increasing. It comes not from the bored seeking a thrill, or from leftists who fraternize for a purpose, but from conscionable people who deplore the artificial barriers that separate them from their natural friends.

1977 J. M. Blum Republican Roosevelt (ed. 2) ii. 22 A conscionable professional, Roosevelt was not a mere opportunist.

2005 M. Marlow New Age Man 9 Without a doubt there are caring and loving men in the world... Knowing there are conscionable men like that out there has inspired this writing.

†b. Conscientiously regardful or observant of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adjective]

faithfulc1384

officiousc1487

heedful1548

heedy1548

religious1567

unhurting1581

rigid1602

observant1608

conscionable1620

strictc1660

solid1880

1620 T. Gataker Davids Instructer 7 Such Schoole-masters as are carefull and conscionable of their dutie in that kinde, may well say of their Schollers that they are their children in Christ.

a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xvi. 52 Conscionable of that one thing which is needfull, with Mary.

1655 T. Gouge Narr. Life Dr. Gouge in W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes sig. a2^v He was in speciall manner conscionable of the Lords day.

a1657 W. Guild Throne of David (1659) (2 Sam. i. 22) 20 As before his hand would not touch his person, so neither will he have his tongue now for to touch his fame, thinking he could not seem conscionable of the one, if he shew himselfe careless of the other.

†c. = conscienced adj. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > [adjective] > of or relating to conscience > having a specific conscience

consciencedc1447

well-consciencedc1447

conscioned1541

conscionable1623

1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. xix. 275 Naboth was (it seemes) strictly conscionable, his fellow Citizens loose, and lawlesse.

1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 313 Tender conscionable christians.

†2. Performed according to conscience; scrupulous. Cf. conscientious adj. 1. Obsolete except as merged with sense 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adjective] > conscientious > specifically of conduct

faithfulc1400

conscionable1559

conscientious1611

scrupulous1779

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adjective] > conscientious > excessively conscientious

scripulousc1443

overscrupulous1549

strait-laced1554

conscionable1559

squeamish1581

spice-conscienced1600

spice-consciencec1613

scrupulous1779

mealy-mouthed1809

1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale iii. v. f. 45^v Soche order and rate must bee vsed, that it maie bee to eche part of the citee profitable, so shall it not harme other, but staie vpon a conscionable dealyng.

1582 T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones iii. 268 Conscionable obedience towards me.

1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. O.T. iv. 285 The same Diuel..speakes still in our scoffers, and cals religion hypocrisie, conscionable care, singularitie.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 384 Conscionable discharge of the taske imposed upon us.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 115 Truly a very fair and conscionable Reckoning!

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi v. ii. xvii. 38/1 Yielding more hearty and conscionable Obedience to them.

1738 Hist. Incarnation, Life, Doctr., & Miracles Jesus Christ (new ed.) ii. v. 278/1 We shall light upon some Examples of indirect and unlawful Courses, undertaken formerly on the Behalf of Religion, and all through want of this conscionable Care of maintaining Honesty towards our Neighbour.

3. Of or relating to conscience or equity. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > branch of the law > [adjective] > equity

conscionable1597

equitablea1720

1597 H. Clapham Theol. Axioms ix. sig. Ciij^v We talke of Callinges or offices appointed by god, by reason wherof the faithfull theyr consciences ar tyed. Nay the Apostle saith, that is an Ordinance or conscionable office, for the punishment of Euell.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. V1^v/2 Court of Requests..is a court of equitie, of the same nature with the Chancerie, principally instituted for the help of such petitioners, as in conscionable cases deale by supplication with his Maiestie.

1797 Trials J. Dunn & P. Carty 70 Q. And under the conscionable obligation of that oath, you became an informer? A. I did.

1884 A. J. Weise Hist. City of Albany Pref. p. iv In ending the task of writing this,..I deem it a conscionable duty to pay a friend's tribute to the memory of Joel Munsell,..the assiduous and painstaking compiler of the ‘Annals of Albany’.

1988 N. Gordimer in J. S. Mink & J. D. Ward Joinings & Disjoinings (1991) 169 The two presences within—creative self-absorption and conscionable awareness.

1994 J. E. Seitz Effective Board Participation viii. 90 Board members have a conscionable duty for fairness.

4. Legally valid; equitable, just. Now also in weaker sense: justifiable, reasonable.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > fair or equitable

evenOE

skillwisea1300

leal1352

faira1387

mensurablea1398

equal1535

squarea1616

candid1643

equable1643

equitable1646

conscionable1647

1647 J. E. Southerland in W. Frazer Sutherland Bk. (1892) III. cxxxi. 197 Ther can be no honowrabill or conscionabill agrement, vntil thes landis be restored fullie vnto the proper owner.

1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iv. 60 To justifie their pretended title, or to render them..lawful and conscionable possessours.

1691 New-Years-gift for Late Rapparees 12 Mistaken Men, you're not in James's Reign, When Conscionable Fines so oft did show The Jury's Mercy, and their Justice too.

1768 Universal Mag. Feb. 68/1 Conscionable satisfaction was given for his just debts.

1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica I. ii. ii. 419 The proprietors should be forced either to settle, or sell at a conscionable rate to others.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxii. 357 The Black Lion, who, like old John, had been waiting supper past all reasonable and conscionable hours, hailed this as a philosophical discovery of the profoundest and most penetrating kind.

1850 D. G. Mitchell tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions in Lorgnette II. 108 I never over-sold; I never sold but at conscionable rates; why am I punished thus?

1910 Lackawanna Jurist 10 294 In a transaction between the parties in which the attorney secured a substantial benefit to himself, the burden was upon him to show that the transaction was fair and conscionable, and that he took no undue advantage of his client.

1974 D. J. Casey Benedict Kiely iii. 44 His refusal to countenance violent extremist views is conscionable, for the town with the curious slanting eyes peering from ancient doorways is the town that has also profaned the tradition.

2001 A. Hudson Understanding Equity & Trusts viii. 113 In terms of the inequity of the action it is within the court's discretion to decide whether it would be conscionable for the defendant to insist on her strict contractual rights.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	conscionable
释义	conscionableadj. Brit. /ˈkɒnʃənəbl/, /ˈkɒnʃn̩əbl/, U.S. /ˈkɑnʃ(ə)nəbəl/ Forms: 1500s coscionable (perhaps transmission error), 1500s–1600s consionable, 1500s– conscionable, 1600s conscinable, 1600s conssionable, 1600s conssionnable, 1700s concionable; Scottish pre-1700 conscienabill, pre-1700 conscieonable, pre-1700 conscionabill, pre-1700 1700s– conscionable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: conscience n., -able suffix. Etymology: < conscion- , inferred singular of conscions , variant of conscience n. (see conscioned adj.) + -able suffix, perhaps after e.g. passionable adj. or rationable adj.¹ Compare unconscionable adj. and earlier conscioned adj. 1. a. Acting, or wishing to act, according to one's conscience; habitually governed by a sense of what is right; scrupulous; (cf. conscientious adj. 2). Also: acting or thinking justly; fair-minded. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adjective] > conscientious faithfulc1400 good-heartedc1425 rigorousa1500 nice-conscienced1530 scrupulous1542 conscionable1549 punctual1609 conscientious1611 tender-conscienceda1617 conscious1628 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Qvi There were..in both houses, a greate meny learned men, coscionable men, wyse men. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Conscionable or hauynge a good conscience, religiosus. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H2 Conscionable in their dealings, as well toward the poore as toward the rich. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 239 A knaue..no farder conscionable, then in putting on the meere forme of ciuill and hand-seeming. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 240 True hearted to God, and conscionable in their waies. 1697 Trial & Determination of Truth 22 Now the Government has been so kind to settle Liberty of Conscience by a Law, our Conscionable Men turn their Backs upon the Church. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body iii. iv. 36 You and my most Conscionable Guardian here,..plotted and agreed, to chouse a..Gentleman, out of a Hundred Pound. 1771 Disguise I. iii. i. 188 I shall be able to pay any fine that a conscionable judge can award. 1821 Niles' Weekly Reg. 19 May 179/2 All desire to receive, and will receive, as much as they can get, even the most conscionable of them—if it is the market price. 1884 Harper's Mag. June 140/1 Those characters that were entitled to command the admiration and respect of all good people..were: a young saint; an old martyr; a religious soldier; a conscionable statesman; [etc.]. 1962 Ebony Apr. 86/2 The demand for communication on the same social level is increasing. It comes not from the bored seeking a thrill, or from leftists who fraternize for a purpose, but from conscionable people who deplore the artificial barriers that separate them from their natural friends. 1977 J. M. Blum Republican Roosevelt (ed. 2) ii. 22 A conscionable professional, Roosevelt was not a mere opportunist. 2005 M. Marlow New Age Man 9 Without a doubt there are caring and loving men in the world... Knowing there are conscionable men like that out there has inspired this writing. †b. Conscientiously regardful or observant of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adjective] faithfulc1384 officiousc1487 heedful1548 heedy1548 religious1567 unhurting1581 rigid1602 observant1608 conscionable1620 strictc1660 solid1880 1620 T. Gataker Davids Instructer 7 Such Schoole-masters as are carefull and conscionable of their dutie in that kinde, may well say of their Schollers that they are their children in Christ. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xvi. 52 Conscionable of that one thing which is needfull, with Mary. 1655 T. Gouge Narr. Life Dr. Gouge in W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes sig. a2^v He was in speciall manner conscionable of the Lords day. a1657 W. Guild Throne of David (1659) (2 Sam. i. 22) 20 As before his hand would not touch his person, so neither will he have his tongue now for to touch his fame, thinking he could not seem conscionable of the one, if he shew himselfe careless of the other. †c. = conscienced adj. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > [adjective] > of or relating to conscience > having a specific conscience consciencedc1447 well-consciencedc1447 conscioned1541 conscionable1623 1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. xix. 275 Naboth was (it seemes) strictly conscionable, his fellow Citizens loose, and lawlesse. 1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. 313 Tender conscionable christians. †2. Performed according to conscience; scrupulous. Cf. conscientious adj. 1. Obsolete except as merged with sense 4. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adjective] > conscientious > specifically of conduct faithfulc1400 conscionable1559 conscientious1611 scrupulous1779 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adjective] > conscientious > excessively conscientious scripulousc1443 overscrupulous1549 strait-laced1554 conscionable1559 squeamish1581 spice-conscienced1600 spice-consciencec1613 scrupulous1779 mealy-mouthed1809 1559 W. Bavand tr. J. Ferrarius Common Weale iii. v. f. 45^v Soche order and rate must bee vsed, that it maie bee to eche part of the citee profitable, so shall it not harme other, but staie vpon a conscionable dealyng. 1582 T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones iii. 268 Conscionable obedience towards me. 1612 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. I. O.T. iv. 285 The same Diuel..speakes still in our scoffers, and cals religion hypocrisie, conscionable care, singularitie. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 384 Conscionable discharge of the taske imposed upon us. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 115 Truly a very fair and conscionable Reckoning! 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi v. ii. xvii. 38/1 Yielding more hearty and conscionable Obedience to them. 1738 Hist. Incarnation, Life, Doctr., & Miracles Jesus Christ (new ed.) ii. v. 278/1 We shall light upon some Examples of indirect and unlawful Courses, undertaken formerly on the Behalf of Religion, and all through want of this conscionable Care of maintaining Honesty towards our Neighbour. 3. Of or relating to conscience or equity. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > branch of the law > [adjective] > equity conscionable1597 equitablea1720 1597 H. Clapham Theol. Axioms ix. sig. Ciij^v We talke of Callinges or offices appointed by god, by reason wherof the faithfull theyr consciences ar tyed. Nay the Apostle saith, that is an Ordinance or conscionable office, for the punishment of Euell. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. V1^v/2 Court of Requests..is a court of equitie, of the same nature with the Chancerie, principally instituted for the help of such petitioners, as in conscionable cases deale by supplication with his Maiestie. 1797 Trials J. Dunn & P. Carty 70 Q. And under the conscionable obligation of that oath, you became an informer? A. I did. 1884 A. J. Weise Hist. City of Albany Pref. p. iv In ending the task of writing this,..I deem it a conscionable duty to pay a friend's tribute to the memory of Joel Munsell,..the assiduous and painstaking compiler of the ‘Annals of Albany’. 1988 N. Gordimer in J. S. Mink & J. D. Ward Joinings & Disjoinings (1991) 169 The two presences within—creative self-absorption and conscionable awareness. 1994 J. E. Seitz Effective Board Participation viii. 90 Board members have a conscionable duty for fairness. 4. Legally valid; equitable, just. Now also in weaker sense: justifiable, reasonable. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > fair or equitable evenOE skillwisea1300 leal1352 faira1387 mensurablea1398 equal1535 squarea1616 candid1643 equable1643 equitable1646 conscionable1647 1647 J. E. Southerland in W. Frazer Sutherland Bk. (1892) III. cxxxi. 197 Ther can be no honowrabill or conscionabill agrement, vntil thes landis be restored fullie vnto the proper owner. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iv. 60 To justifie their pretended title, or to render them..lawful and conscionable possessours. 1691 New-Years-gift for Late Rapparees 12 Mistaken Men, you're not in James's Reign, When Conscionable Fines so oft did show The Jury's Mercy, and their Justice too. 1768 Universal Mag. Feb. 68/1 Conscionable satisfaction was given for his just debts. 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica I. ii. ii. 419 The proprietors should be forced either to settle, or sell at a conscionable rate to others. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxii. 357 The Black Lion, who, like old John, had been waiting supper past all reasonable and conscionable hours, hailed this as a philosophical discovery of the profoundest and most penetrating kind. 1850 D. G. Mitchell tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions in Lorgnette II. 108 I never over-sold; I never sold but at conscionable rates; why am I punished thus? 1910 Lackawanna Jurist 10 294 In a transaction between the parties in which the attorney secured a substantial benefit to himself, the burden was upon him to show that the transaction was fair and conscionable, and that he took no undue advantage of his client. 1974 D. J. Casey Benedict Kiely iii. 44 His refusal to countenance violent extremist views is conscionable, for the town with the curious slanting eyes peering from ancient doorways is the town that has also profaned the tradition. 2001 A. Hudson Understanding Equity & Trusts viii. 113 In terms of the inequity of the action it is within the court's discretion to decide whether it would be conscionable for the defendant to insist on her strict contractual rights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1549
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