Conscientious
Conscientious adjective - Guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong.
Proper and conscientious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proper" instead an adjective "Conscientious".
Proper
Proper adjective - Following the established traditions of refined society and good taste.
Conscientious and proper are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Conscientious" instead an adjective "Proper".
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- The Fifth Elephant: Subverted when the conscientious Sam Vimes insists on going through proper police procedure, including asking the creature whether it is resisting arrest, before shooting a crazy werewolf.
Source: Inhumanable Alien Rights
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