sense of right and wrong

Questions about sense of right and wrong

What does sense of right and wrong mean?

sense of right and wrong means "motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions".

What is another word for sense of right and wrong?

Close synonyms include conscience, scruples, moral sense. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sense of right and wrong a common word?

sense of right and wrong is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.