Conscience | Mean of conscience in English Dictionary

/ˈkɑːnʃəns/

• Noun
• the part of the mind that makes you aware of your actions as being either morally right or wrong
1. You should decide what to do according to your own conscience.
2. Her conscience was bothering her, so she finally told the truth.
3. He doesn't seem to have a conscience. [=doesn't seem to know or care about what is morally right]
4. I cannot do anything that is/goes against my conscience. [=that I believe is morally wrong]
5. After searching my conscience, I realized that I could not accept their offer.
6. At least now I can face him with a clear conscience. [=without guilt]
7. She had a guilty/troubled conscience. [=she had a feeling of guilt about something she had done]
8. I urged the senator to vote his conscience [=vote as he felt he should], even if it was at odds with the party line.
9. The issue is a matter of (individual) conscience. [=something that people must decide about according to what they believe is morally right]
10. I can't work for a company that has no social conscience. [=a company that does not care about important social issues]
• a feeling that something you have done is morally wrong
1. She felt a pang/prick of conscience [=guilt] about not inviting him.
2. The thief must have had an attack of conscience, because he returned the wallet with nothing missing from it.