conscientious Copy link Outline 1. rēlĭgiōsus (with ref. to some religious motive; as an oath)2. sanctus • conscientious: 1. rēlĭgiōsus (with ref. to some religious motive; as an oath): a nation not at all c. in giving evidence, natio minime in testimoniis dicendis r., Cic.: a c. judge, r. judex, Quint.: (but in gen. sense religiosus usu. implies censure: "oportet religentem esse non religiosum," Cic.). 2. sanctus: of general integrity: v. moral, irreproachable. Phr.: the c. keeping of a promise, of an oath, *fides ac religio promissi, jurisjurandi.