synteresis

Etymology
From  (in Thomas Aquinas), from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  An aspect of one's conscience by which one can judge wrong from right and decide on what makes good conduct (as distinguished from ).
 * , Bk.I, New York, 2001, p.166:
 * Synteresis, or the purer part of the conscience, is an innate habit, and doth signify “a conservation of the knowledge of the law of God and Nature, to know good or evil”.
 * 1)  Preventive treatment; prophylaxis.