Definition of conscious

• intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more slowly"; "a conscious policy"
• knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed"
• (followed by `of) showing realization or recognition of something; "few voters seem conscious of the issues importance"; "conscious of having succeeded"; "the careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load"- Thomas Hardy