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Definition
feeling or appraisal of having personally behaved in a morally right or wrong manner
- "Now, mind you," said the doctor, "I clear my conscience—the name of rum for you is death."Chapter 2 — Black Dog Appears and Disappears (97% in)
- "It's a black conscience that can make you feared of me.Chapter 14 — The First Blow (57% in)
- I had now plenty of water and good things to eat, and my conscience, which had smitten me hard for my desertion, was quieted by the great conquest I had made.Chapter 25 — I Strike the Jolly Roger (94% in)
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