Collocations for "conscience"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "conscience" in context.
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conscience
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- is a [question, matter] of conscience
- [moral, personal, ethical] conscience
- was [playing, preying, hammering] on her conscience
- was [eating away, gnawing] at her conscience
- [guilt, fear, frustration, revenge] filled his conscience
- her conscience was [wrecked, occupied] by guilt
- has a guilty conscience [due, owing] to
- My conscience keeps [blocking me, getting in the way].
- his conscience won't [let him, allow him to]
- cannot [do, say, promise] it in all good conscience
- The [crime, deceit] has been on his conscience.
- has been on her conscience for [a while, some time, several months]
- his conscience [says that, tells him to]
- Listen to your conscience.
- was [guided, led, betrayed, driven] by her conscience
'conscience' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):