tender-consciencedadj.
/ˈtɛndəˈkɒnʃənst/ Having a tender conscience; scrupulous.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adjective] > conscientious
faithfulc1400
good-heartedc1425
rigorousa1500
nice-conscienced1530
scrupulous1542
conscionable1549
punctual1609
conscientious1611
tender-conscienceda1617
conscious1628
a1617 S. Hieron Present for Caesar in Wks. (1620) II. 446 As if you were so tender conscienced that you would not keepe ought from him that were his.
1710 Let. to New Member Parl. in Harl. Misc. (1810) XI. 156 Those tender-conscienced people, our moderate dissenters.
1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare 169 The high-hearted and tender-conscienced Hamlet.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
<
adj.a1617