conscience

conscience
'konʃəns
noun
((that part of one's mind which holds one's) knowledge or sense of right and wrong: The injured man was on her conscience because she was responsible for the accident; She had a guilty conscience about the injured man; He had no conscience about dismissing the men.) samvittighet
subst. \/ˈkɒnʃ(ə)ns\/
samvittighet
he had a bad conscience
han hadde dårlig samvittighet
for conscience' sake for samvittighets skyld
freedom of conscience eller liberty of conscience samvittighetsfrihet, trosfrihet, religionsfrihet
a guilty conscience skyldfølelse, dårlig samvittighet
in all conscience ærlig talt i rimelighetens navn, i rettferdighetens navn
make it a matter of conscience to gjøre det til en samvittighetssak å
on one's conscience på ens samvittighet
I've got his death on my conscience
jeg har dødsfallet hans på samvittigheten
point of conscience sepoint, 1
search one's conscience ransake sin samvittighet
what in all conscience? (hverdagslig) hva i all verden?

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