"conscion" meaning in English

See conscion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: conscions [present, singular, third-person], conscioning [participle, present], conscioned [participle, past], conscioned [past]
Etymology: Some modern uses may be back-formations from conscionable. Head templates: {{en-verb}} conscion (third-person singular simple present conscions, present participle conscioning, simple past and past participle conscioned)
  1. (archaic, rare) To have a (specified kind of) conscience. Tags: archaic, rare
    Sense id: en-conscion-en-verb-RhRt7jxt
  2. (rare) To find conscionable. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-conscion-en-verb--C7sbyW1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85

Inflected forms

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