의미: conscience

con·science〔kánʃəns│kɔn-〕〔L 「함께 알다, 의식하다」의 뜻에서〕 n.

1 [U.C] 양심, 도의심, 선악의 판단력
▶ a man of conscience 양심적인 사람
▶ have no conscience 양심이라고는 없다

2 양심적임(conscientiousness)

3 《폐어》 의식, 자각
a bad[guilty] conscience 떳떳지 못한 마음
a good[clear] conscience 떳떳한 마음
a matter[case] of conscience 양심의 문제
by[in, on, o'] my conscience 정말로
for conscience(') sake 양심에 거리낌이 없도록; 제발
have something on one's conscience 어떤 일이 마음에 거리끼다[양심에 걸리다]
have the conscience to do [반어적] 뻔뻔스럽게도 …하다, 거리낌 없이 …하다
in (all) conscience 《구어》 정말로, 확실히(surely); 공정하게, 도리상, 양심에 거리껴서 <할 수가 없다 등>
My conscience! 《고어》 당치도 않다!
on[upon] one's conscience 양심에 맹세하여, 반드시
the liberty[freedom] of conscience 신교(信敎)의 자유
with a good conscience 양심에 거리낌 없이
with an easy conscience 안심하고
▷ consciéntious a.

dictates of conscience 관용구

in all good conscience

Idiom(s): in (all) good conscience

Theme: MOTIVATION

having good motives; displaying motives that will not result in a guilty conscience.
• In all good conscience, I could not recommend that you buy this car.
• In good conscience, she could not accept the reward She had only been acting as a good citizen should.

have a clear conscience about

Idiom(s): have a clear conscience (about sb or sth) AND have a clean conscience (about someone or sth)

Theme: GUILTLESSNESS

to be free of guilt about someone or something.
• I'm sorry that John got the blame. I have a clean conscience about the whole affair.
• I have a clear conscience about John and his problems.
• I didn't do it. I have a clean conscience.
• She can't sleep at night because she doesn't have a clear conscience.

have a clean conscience about

A good conscience is a soft pillow.

You sleep well when you have nothing to feel guilty about.

conscience

conscience
see have a clear conscience; in conscience.

have a clear conscience

have a clear conscience
Also, have a clean conscience. Feel free of guilt or responsibility. For example, I have a clear conscience—I did all I could to help. This idiom is also put as one's conscience is clear or clean, as in His conscience is clean about telling the whole story. The adjective clear has been used in the sense of “innocent” since about 1400; clean was so used from about 1300.

in conscience

in conscience
Also, in all good conscience. In all truth or fairness, as in I can't in conscience say that the meeting went well, or In all good conscience we can't support their stand on disarmament. [Late 1500s]