conscience
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Considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, Rivera was barred from seeing his family and denied the right to a defense during his detention.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
I admire the image, but my conscience nags that one should have to trek halfway around the world to see such a thing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
"I'm a man of deep reflection and conscience."
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Lestat’s figment doubles as his love’s guilty conscience and a glamorized memory.
From Salon • May 26, 2024
Amy’s conscience preached her a little sermon from that text, then and there, and she did what many of us do not always do, took the sermon to heart, and straightway put it in practice.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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