Both Uses
conscience
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We Shall Overcome
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- And I don't make that request lightly, for, from the window where I sit, with the problems of our country, I recognize that from outside this chamber is the outraged conscience of a nation, the grave concern of many nations and the harsh judgment of history on our acts.†
conscience = feeling or appraisal of having personally behaved in a morally right or wrong manner
- His actions and protests, his courage to risk safety, and even to risk his life, have awakened the conscience of this nation.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(conscience) feeling or judgment of morally right or wrong personal behavior
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)