conscience
Example Sentences
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However, the government as a whole has stayed neutral on the issue, with ministers and MPs able to vote with their conscience rather than having to stick to a party line.
From BBC
They deliberately appealed to the conscience of a nation and were certain that nation, America, had a conscience to which an appeal could be made.
Article 22 of the order says a teacher may make a request to school governors to withdraw "solely on grounds of conscience".
From BBC
Here we see that even the most sealed-off conscience can be invaded by second thoughts.
From Los Angeles Times
The 33rd president was “plainly human, pulled here and there by forces of history, by the things he knew and did not know, and his conscience.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
