conscience

noun

/ˈkɒnʃəns/

/ˈkɑːnʃəns/

Idioms

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[countable, uncountable] the part of your mind that tells you whether your actions are right or wrong
- to have a clear/guilty conscience (= to feel that you have done right/wrong)
- This is a matter of individual conscience (= everyone must make their own judgement about it).
- He won't let it trouble his conscience.
see also social conscience
Extra Examples
- After the meal she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.
- At the end of each day, examine your conscience.
- He felt his conscience telling him to apologize.
- He wrestled with his conscience all night long.
- Her conscience pricked her every time she thought of how cruel she had been to Kirby.
- Her conscience was bothering her a little.
- How can you do your job with a clean conscience?
- I have a clear conscience.
- I have only ever followed my conscience.
- I never knew a more tender conscience on every point of duty.
- It should be a matter of individual conscience.
- It's important to let your conscience guide your decisions.
- My conscience dictates that I resign.
- She refused to listen to the voice of conscience.
- To clear my conscience and make it up to you, I'd like to take you out to dinner.
- a bill which has shocked the conscience of every middle-class community
- a dying man with a guilty conscience
- a government with no social conscience
- a seminal conference on religious conscience and poverty
- consumers with an environmental conscience
- the collective conscience of American business
- His decision appears to have been an act of conscience.
Topics Personal qualitiesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- clean
- clear
- easy
- …
verb + conscience
- have
- appease
- assuage
- …
conscience + verb
- guide somebody/something
- tell somebody something
- bother somebody
- …
preposition
- on your conscience
phrases
- an act of conscience
- an attack of conscience
- a crisis of conscience
- …
See full entry
[uncountable, countable] a guilty feeling about something you have done or failed to do
- She was seized by a sudden pang of conscience.
- I have a terrible conscience about it.
Extra Examples
- He had no conscience about taking his brother's money.
- Best came forward because of an attack of conscience.
- I had a sudden pang of conscience that I really ought to tell the truth.
- We assuaged our conscience by telling ourselves that they would be worse off without us.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- clean
- clear
- easy
- …
verb + conscience
- have
- appease
- assuage
- …
conscience + verb
- guide somebody/something
- tell somebody something
- bother somebody
- …
preposition
- on your conscience
phrases
- an act of conscience
- an attack of conscience
- a crisis of conscience
- …
See full entry
[uncountable] the fact of behaving in a way that you feel is right even though this may cause problems
- freedom of conscience (= the freedom to do what you believe to be right)
- Emilia is the voice of conscience in the play.
see also prisoner of conscience
Extra Examples
- How could people of conscience allow this to happen?
- individual rights and rights of conscience on our campuses of higher education
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- clean
- clear
- easy
- …
verb + conscience
- have
- appease
- assuage
- …
conscience + verb
- guide somebody/something
- tell somebody something
- bother somebody
- …
preposition
- on your conscience
phrases
- an act of conscience
- an attack of conscience
- a crisis of conscience
- …
See full entry

Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘inner thoughts or knowledge’): via Old French from Latin conscientia, from conscient- ‘being privy to’, from the verb conscire, from con- ‘with’ + scire ‘know’.

Idioms

in (all/good) conscience

(formal) believing your actions to be fair synonym honestly
- We cannot in all conscience refuse to help.

on your conscience

making you feel guilty for doing or failing to do something
- I'll write and apologize. I've had it on my conscience for weeks.
- It’s still on my conscience that I didn’t warn him in time.
Extra Examples
- It was on his conscience that he hadn't called her.
- I'm sure she has something on her conscience.
Topics Feelingsc2

prick your conscience | your conscience pricks you

to make you feel guilty about something; to feel guilty about something
- Her conscience pricked her as she lied to her sister.

单词	conscience
释义	conscience noun /ˈkɒnʃəns/ /ˈkɑːnʃəns/ Idioms jump to other results [countable, uncountable] the part of your mind that tells you whether your actions are right or wrong to have a clear/guilty conscience (= to feel that you have done right/wrong) This is a matter of individual conscience (= everyone must make their own judgement about it). He won't let it trouble his conscience. see also social conscience Extra Examples After the meal she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience. At the end of each day, examine your conscience. He felt his conscience telling him to apologize. He wrestled with his conscience all night long. Her conscience pricked her every time she thought of how cruel she had been to Kirby. Her conscience was bothering her a little. How can you do your job with a clean conscience? I have a clear conscience. I have only ever followed my conscience. I never knew a more tender conscience on every point of duty. It should be a matter of individual conscience. It's important to let your conscience guide your decisions. My conscience dictates that I resign. She refused to listen to the voice of conscience. To clear my conscience and make it up to you, I'd like to take you out to dinner. a bill which has shocked the conscience of every middle-class community a dying man with a guilty conscience a government with no social conscience a seminal conference on religious conscience and poverty consumers with an environmental conscience the collective conscience of American business His decision appears to have been an act of conscience. Topics Personal qualitiesc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective clean clear easy … verb + conscience have appease assuage … conscience + verb guide somebody/something tell somebody something bother somebody … preposition on your conscience phrases an act of conscience an attack of conscience a crisis of conscience … See full entry [uncountable, countable] a guilty feeling about something you have done or failed to do She was seized by a sudden pang of conscience. I have a terrible conscience about it. Extra Examples He had no conscience about taking his brother's money. Best came forward because of an attack of conscience. I had a sudden pang of conscience that I really ought to tell the truth. We assuaged our conscience by telling ourselves that they would be worse off without us. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective clean clear easy … verb + conscience have appease assuage … conscience + verb guide somebody/something tell somebody something bother somebody … preposition on your conscience phrases an act of conscience an attack of conscience a crisis of conscience … See full entry [uncountable] the fact of behaving in a way that you feel is right even though this may cause problems freedom of conscience (= the freedom to do what you believe to be right) Emilia is the voice of conscience in the play. see also prisoner of conscience Extra Examples How could people of conscience allow this to happen? individual rights and rights of conscience on our campuses of higher education Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective clean clear easy … verb + conscience have appease assuage … conscience + verb guide somebody/something tell somebody something bother somebody … preposition on your conscience phrases an act of conscience an attack of conscience a crisis of conscience … See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘inner thoughts or knowledge’): via Old French from Latin conscientia, from conscient- ‘being privy to’, from the verb conscire, from con- ‘with’ + scire ‘know’. Idioms in (all/good) conscience (formal) believing your actions to be fair synonym honestly We cannot in all conscience refuse to help. on your conscience making you feel guilty for doing or failing to do something I'll write and apologize. I've had it on my conscience for weeks. It’s still on my conscience that I didn’t warn him in time. Extra Examples It was on his conscience that he hadn't called her. I'm sure she has something on her conscience. Topics Feelingsc2 prick your conscience \| your conscience pricks you to make you feel guilty about something; to feel guilty about something Her conscience pricked her as she lied to her sister.
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