All 4 Uses of
conscience
in
Black Like Me
- At night he began to have trouble sleeping, to feel he was prostituting his conscience and his editorial responsibilities.†
*conscience = feeling or appraisal of having personally behaved in a morally right or wrong manner
- More and more tormented, East entered a battle with his conscience, his sense of decency.†
- Their appeals are to regional interest, showing complete contempt for privacy of conscience, and a willingness to destroy and subvert values that have traditionally been held supreme in this land.†
- I'd do that as a matter of conscience anyway," I said.†
Definition:
feeling or judgment of morally right or wrong personal behavior