consacrant, n.m., consecrator, officiant.
consacrer, v.a., to consecrate; to dedicate, to devote; to hallow, to sanctify; to sanction, to perpetuate; to appropriate, to give. — son temps à; to devote one’s time to.
se consacrer, v.r., to devote one’s self.
consanguin, -e (-ghin, -ghi-n), n. and adj., (jur.) on the father’s side. Frère —, sœur —e; half-brother, half-sister, on the father’s side. Les —s; half-brothers and sisters on the father’s side.
consanguinité (-gu-i), n.f., consanguinity.
conscience, n.f., conscience, perception, consciousness, sentiment; (print.) work paid by the day; the compositors paid by the day. Cri de —; qualm of conscience. — nette; clear conscience. Remords de —; remorse, sting of conscience. Se faire un cas de — d’une chose; to make a matter of conscience of anything. Avoir la — de; to be conscious of. Il a la — large; he is not over scrupulous. La main sur la —; candidly, sincerely. Il a dit tout ce qu’il avait sur la —; he has opened his mind without reserve. Transiger avec sa —; to compound with one’s conscience. En —; conscientiously; in conscience; indeed, candidly.
consciencieusement, adv., conscientiously.
consciencieu-x, -se, adj., conscientious.
conscient, -e, adj., (philo.) conscious.
conscription, n.f., (milit.) conscription; enlistment; enrolling.