Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
conscience-smitten is an adjective meaning "affected by conscience". It carries one recorded sense.
affected by conscience
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for conscience-smitten come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.