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Definition
feeling or appraisal of having personally behaved in a morally right or wrong manner
- He wished they were not on his conscience.109-110 — Chapters 109-110 (93% in)
- He welcomed wet days because on them he could stay at home without pangs of conscience and spend the afternoon with white of egg and a glue-pot, patching up the Russia leather of some battered quarto.9-10 — Chapters 9-10 (27% in)
- The pious atmosphere of the vicarage and the religious tone of the school had made Philip's conscience very sensitive; he absorbed insensibly the feeling about him that the Tempter was ever on the watch to gain his immortal soul; and though he was not more truthful than most boys he never told a lie without suffering from remorse.13-14 — Chapters 13-14 (26% in)
- He satisfied his conscience by the more comfortable method of expressing his repentance only to the Almighty.13-14 — Chapters 13-14 (30% in)
- He was very grateful to him for the interest he showed, and he was conscience-stricken by the grief which he felt his behaviour caused him.19-20 — Chapters 19-20 (79% in)
- He deplored the American's black coat and pepper-and-salt trousers, and spoke with a scornful shrug of his New England conscience.25-26 — Chapters 25-26 (88% in)
- He was uneasy and conscience-stricken; but he would not go to her and say he was sorry if he had caused her pain, because he was afraid she would take the opportunity to snub him.45-46 — Chapters 45-46 (79% in)
- Society had three arms in its contest with the individual, laws, public opinion, and conscience: the first two could be met by guile, guile is the only weapon of the weak against the strong: common opinion put the matter well when it stated that sin consisted in being found out; but conscience was the traitor within the gates; it fought in each heart the battle of society, and caused the individual to throw himself, a wanton sacrifice, to the prosperity of his enemy.53-54 — Chapters 53-54 (40% in)
- Society had three arms in its contest with the individual, laws, public opinion, and conscience: the first two could be met by guile, guile is the only weapon of the weak against the strong: common opinion put the matter well when it stated that sin consisted in being found out; but conscience was the traitor within the gates; it fought in each heart the battle of society, and caused the individual to throw himself, a wanton sacrifice, to the prosperity of his enemy.53-54 — Chapters 53-54 (41% in)
- But if for the individual there was no right and no wrong, then it seemed to Philip that conscience lost its power.53-54 — Chapters 53-54 (47% in)
- I can take a holiday with a clear conscience.65-66 — Chapters 65-66 (95% in)
- It'll ease my conscience.77-78 — Chapters 77-78 (56% in)
- He despised Griffiths for his apologies, he had no patience with his prickings of conscience: one could do a dastardly thing if one chose, but it was contemptible to regret it afterwards.77-78 — Chapters 77-78 (59% in)
- There was a repetition, in large letters, like the hammering of conscience on a murderer's heart: Why not?85-86 — Chapters 85-86 (73% in)
There are no more uses of "conscience" in Of Human Bondage.
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