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conscience

[kon-shuhns] / ˈkɒn ʃəns /


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For the better part of a year, I spent myriad sleepless nights wrestling with my conscience.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

It's like they've got no conscience at all.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

No machine has free will, conscience, spiritual depth, the capacity for love, or the ability to grow through hardship, sacrifice and contemplation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“We trusted a man without a conscience, and my son paid the price,” Morrison wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

I am the forest’s conscience, but remember the forest eats itself and lives forever.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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