All 3 Uses
conscience
in
The Secret Sharer
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- And then I could at last shut, with a clear conscience, the door of my stateroom and get my double back into the recessed part.†
*conscience = feeling or appraisal of having personally behaved in a morally right or wrong manner
- It was now a matter of conscience to shave the land as close as possible—for now he must go overboard whenever the ship was put in stays.†
- He was able to hear everything—and perhaps he was able to understand why, on my conscience, it had to be thus close—no less.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(conscience) feeling or judgment of morally right or wrong personal behavior
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)