Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with conscience in American Collocation
conscience
noun
countable/uncountable
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
not feeling guilty
Unfortunately we can make no such claim with a clear conscience.
feeling guilty
I had a guilty conscience about misleading them.
involving one or more people
The leadership said this was a matter of individual conscience.
types of conscience
Mo has a social conscience that motivates her to try and make the world a better place.
have a conscience
I have a very clear conscience about doing this.
when you feel guilty
His conscience was pricked by the sufferings of these starving people.
I don’t want another death on my conscience.
A lot of people would have felt real pangs of conscience about what had happened.
when you feel less guilty
We may salve our consciences by thinking we give lots of aid to the Third World.
when you try to decide what to do
I spent this weekend wrestling with my conscience over the somewhat dubious morality of this situation.
do what your conscience tells you
Are there exceptional occasions on which people should follow their consciences even if it means breaking the law?