Слово англійською: conscience

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Переклад conscience українською: совість, сумління, pangs (pricks, remorse) of ~ — докори сумління, freedom (liberty) of ~ — свобода совісті (віросповідання), in all ~, upon one's ~ — а) щиро кажучи; б) звичайно, безумовно, свідомість, : my ~! — от тобі й маєш!

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conscience

noun
/ˈkɑːnʃəns/
  1. [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
  2. [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.
  3. [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
  4. 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
  1. (formal) believing your actions to be fair synonym honestly
    • We cannot in all conscience refuse to help.
on your conscience
  1. 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
  1. 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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