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Which character serves as Pinocchio's conscience in the 1940 animated film?

conscience

[kon-shuhns] / ˈkɒn ʃəns /


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David has one errand of conscience before he goes to the clinic—he apologizes to a friend he once betrayed—but otherwise approaches death with the formality of a man keeping a schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

The best way to do that is to vote your conscience.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

A decade later Amnesty International estimated more than 600 prisoners of conscience in the USSR.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

And Zendaya’s Athena “turns out to be a vulnerable victim of war, or perhaps a projection of Odysseus’ conscience — not a scheming and bloodthirsty war goddess.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Most will sail through from cradle to grave with a conscience clean as snow.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

But the proposal would let us show how we disagree with each other about our shared political life, and so help direct our collective agency without sacrificing the individual voices of our consciences.

From Slate May 11, 2026

She urged Labour MPs to "look into their consciences" and back a new inquiry by the Privileges Committee.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

The Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, for example, brought together Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish Americans who opposed the war because it violated the nation’s ideals and religious consciences.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

The French film legend says that the most important thing for her about a film "is that it changes lives, changes people's consciences."

From Barron's Feb. 15, 2026

Our consciences dictate that we must protest against it, that we must oppose it and that we must attempt to alter it..

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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