the function of consciousness that guides one's conduct
synderesis in American English
(ˌsɪndəˈrisɪs)
noun
1.
innate knowledge of the basic principles of morality
2. Theology
the essence of the soul that unites with God
Also: synteresis
Word origin
[1350–1400; ME ‹ ML syndērēsis, syntērēsis ‹ Gk synte᷄rēsis a guarding, equiv. to syntērē-, var. s. of syntēreîn to guard closely (syn-syn- + tēreîn to guard) + -sis-sis]This word is first recorded in the period 1350–1400. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: absolute, index, kick, negative, range-sis is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form from verbsabstract nouns of action, process, state, condition, etc. Other words that use theaffix -sis include: analysis, anamorphosis, crisis, prolepsis, symbiosis
Examples of 'synderesis' in a sentence
synderesis
Synderesis is the part of conscience, or knowing with, that never errs.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
For all these reasons, the rehabilitation of synderesis/conscience matters in contemporary moral theory.