Phrase Hound found 32 phrases and 8 compound words that contain conscience. The most common are listed below. Open conscience in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 32
- prisoner of conscienceAnyone imprisoned because of their race, religion, or political views.
- examination of conscienceA review of one's thoughts, words, actions, and omissions for the purpose of ascertaining conformity with, or deviation from, the moral law.
- freedom of conscienceThe right of an individual to act upon their moral or ethical beliefs, especially the freedom to avoid something one is normally obliged, ordered or expected to do.
- liberty of conscienceThe freedom to follow one's religious or ethical beliefs.
- prisoners of conscienceplural of prisoner of conscience: Anyone imprisoned because of their race, religion, or political views.
- guilty conscienceA feeling of guiltiness, as if one has done something wrong.
- pang of conscienceA feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets.
- conscience voteA type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are allowed to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party.
- in good conscienceAlternative form of in conscience: In fairness; by all that is reasonable.
- examinations of conscienceplural of examination of conscience: A review of one's thoughts, words, actions, and omissions for the purpose of ascertaining conformity with, or deviation from, the moral law.
- conscience moneyMoney which is voluntarily paid by a party who feels guilt, and seeks to provide compensation, for some past misdeed or negligence.
- conscience clauseA clause in a law, affecting religious matters, to relieve persons of conscientious scruples, especially one to prevent their children being compelled to undergo particular religious instruction.
- conscience clausesplural of conscience clause: A clause in a law, affecting religious matters, to relieve persons of conscientious scruples, especially one to prevent their children being compelled to undergo particular religious instruction.
- in all conscienceAlternative form of in conscience: In fairness; by all that is reasonable.
- on one's consciencemaking somebody feel guilty.
- bad conscienceSynonym of guilty conscience: A feeling of guiltiness, as if one has done something wrong.
- conscience roundA blank round of ammunition issued to one or more members of a firing squad without telling them, so that each person in the squad knows there is a chance that they themselves did not fire the lethal shot.
- conscience roundsplural of conscience round: A blank round of ammunition issued to one or more members of a firing squad without telling them, so that each person in the squad knows there is a chance that they themselves did not fire the lethal shot.
- conscience votesplural of conscience vote: A type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are allowed to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party.
- conscience-proofWithout any qualms of conscience; not feeling guilty for one's misdeeds.
- pseudo-conscienceAlternative form of pseudoconscience: A mindset or mental faculty that is mistaken for a conscience but lacks the truly ethical nature thereof.
- exile of conscienceAnyone exiled because of their race, religion, or political views.
- exiles of conscienceplural of exile of conscience: Anyone exiled because of their race, religion, or political views.
- pangs of conscienceplural of pang of conscience: A feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets.
- speak one's conscienceTo give one's frank and honest opinion.
Compound words 8
- consciencewiseIn terms of one's conscience, or moral scruples.
- pseudoconscienceA mindset or mental faculty that is mistaken for a conscience but lacks the truly ethical nature thereof.
- consciencelikeOf or resembling a conscience.
- consciencismSynonym of Nkrumaism: A Pan-African socialist political ideology based on the thinking and writing of Kwame Nkrumah, former president of Ghana.
- consciencistA proponent of consciencism.
- unconsciencedLacking a conscience.
- consciencelessLacking a conscience; unscrupulous or ruthless.
- subconscienceMisconstruction of subconscious.