Слово англійською: conscience
Іменник
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!
Детальний опис
conscience
noun /ˈkɑːnʃəns/
- [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
- [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.
- [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 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 - (formal) believing your actions to be fair synonym honestly
- We cannot in all conscience refuse to help.
- 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.