A rare or archaic term relating to propriety, decorum, or mutual understanding; occasionally used in place of 'conscience' in older texts.
Possibly from Latin 'con-' (together) and 'sentire' (to feel or perceive), though this is uncertain. The word is extremely rare and may be a variant or misprint of related terms.
This word is so archaic that even scholars debate whether it was ever truly a standard English word, but its possible connection to 'conscience' shows how medieval writers sometimes tried to create new words for philosophical concepts.
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