voice of conscience
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6.3
- noun
- /vɔɪs əv ˈkɒnʃəns/
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voz de la conciencia
- He had expected to see something unbelievable here, but this impossible world was anti-believable, and it had a hypnotizing music of its own at that, a shrieking sort of music that can sound inside a happy lunatic's mind; it jammed a low, quiet voice of conscience.
Perhaps he, he calls that Christian, but listening to that voice of conscience, like whatever that is in you.
- Perhaps he, he calls that Christian, but listening to that voice of conscience, like whatever that is in you.
Examples
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- You don't suppose that could be the voice of conscience?
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Or something (like Benny) will have to make him think that Dean's judgments are seriously questionable and decide to tag along to be his voice of conscience.
Blog text (29) -
Perhaps he, he calls that Christian, but listening to that voice of conscience, like whatever that is in you.
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Rather, in what follows, I trace the voice of conscience in the legal unfolding of the unconscionability principle.
Academic text (2016) -
Our reason does not testify to some kind of inner voice of conscience or anything that would purport to give it some kind of indubitable foundation.
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Tempting as the opportunity to exploit can be, virtually any contracting party has the ability to listen to the voice of conscience and exercise self-restraint.
Academic text (2016) -
She supplies the voice of conscience that chides not only Adam, but the voice of conscience that seems always to be chiding the poet, the poet himself.
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Never fully dependent on a single auctoritas or secta, he is first and foremost concerned to find practicable solutions to problematic cases in keeping with the voice of conscience and the requirements of divine law.
Academic text (2009) -
This explains why so many self-professed Christians are talking to themselves these days, repeating the double-minded mantras wherewith they seek to silence the small voice of conscience that keeps reminding them that their first duty is to God.
Blog text (12) -
He could not silence the voice of conscience that urged him to admit his mistake.
Synonyms
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4.6
An inner feeling that tells you what is right or wrong and makes you feel guilty
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3.8
An understanding of what is right and wrong that guides a person's actions
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4.6
A feeling that helps you know right from wrong and do the right thing
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6.3
An inner feeling that quietly tells you right from wrong
A quiet inner feeling that tells you when something is wrong
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
voice + of + conscience
The phrase simply combines 'voice' (a way of expressing or signalling) with 'conscience' (the moral sense), so its meaning—an inner guiding sense—is directly inferable from the constituents. This metaphorical use of 'voice' to mean inner guidance is common across languages and conventional in English, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Voice of conscience gives the image of a small voice inside you speaking about your conscience, your feeling of 'right' and 'wrong'. So it means 'an inner guide' that tells you what to do when you must choose.