transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒnʃ(ə)ns ]
( consciences)
1.
Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have a guilty conscience , you feel guilty about something because you know it was wrong. If you have a clear conscience , you do not feel guilty because you know you have done nothing wrong.
I have battled with my conscience over whether I should actually send this letter...
What if he got a guilty conscience and brought it back?...
I could go away again with a clear conscience.
N-COUNT : usu sing , with supp , oft poss N , adj N
2.
Conscience is doing what you believe is right even though it might be unpopular, difficult, or dangerous.
He refused for reasons of conscience to sign a new law legalising abortion.
...the law on freedom of conscience and religious organizations.
N-UNCOUNT
see also prisoner of conscience
3.
Conscience is a feeling of guilt because you know you have done something that is wrong.
I’m so glad he had a pang of conscience...
They have shown a ruthless lack of conscience.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
If you say that you cannot do something in all conscience , in good conscience , or in conscience , you mean that you cannot do it because you think it is wrong.
She could not, in good conscience, back out on her deal with him.
PHRASE : PHR with cl , with brd-neg
5.
If you have something on your conscience , you feel guilty because you know you have done something wrong.
Now the murderer has two deaths on his conscience.
PHRASE : PHR after v , v-link PHR