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Common collocations with conscience in American Collocation

conscience noun countable/uncountable

US /ˈkɑnʃəns/

not feeling guilty

clear
good

Unfortunately we can make no such claim with a clear conscience.

feeling guilty

bad
guilty
troubled

I had a guilty conscience about misleading them.

involving one or more people

collective
individual
personal
public

The leadership said this was a matter of individual conscience.

types of conscience

moral
political
social

Mo has a social conscience that motivates her to try and make the world a better place.

have a conscience

have

I have a very clear conscience about doing this.

when you feel guilty

awaken
prick
trouble

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

ease
salve

We may salve our consciences by thinking we give lots of aid to the Third World.

when you try to decide what to do

examine
wrestle with

I spent this weekend wrestling with my conscience over the somewhat dubious morality of this situation.

do what your conscience tells you

follow

Are there exceptional occasions on which people should follow their consciences even if it means breaking the law?