moral conscience

Frequency: 6.89.5 per million words

An individual's internal sense of right and wrong.

conscienceADJECTIVE + conscience

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moral

Examples (10)

  • His strong moral conscience prevented him from lying about the incident.
  • The novel explores the protagonist's struggle with his moral conscience after making a difficult decision.
  • Developing a moral conscience is a key part of childhood education.
  • Some people seem to act without any moral conscience at all.
  • A true leader must be guided by a well-developed moral conscience.
  • Her moral conscience was deeply troubled after she witnessed the injustice.
  • Does a large corporation truly have a moral conscience, or is it only driven by profit?
  • The documentary aimed to awaken the nation's moral conscience regarding the environmental crisis.
  • I couldn't go through with the plan; my moral conscience wouldn't let me.
  • If he had any moral conscience, he would confess and accept the consequences.