a guilty conscience
11have a guilty conscience — index repent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12guilty conscience — deep feeling of self reproach which stems from a belief that one has done wrong …
13guilty — [gil′tē] adj. guiltier, guiltiest [ME gilti < OE gyltig] 1. having guilt; deserving blame or punishment; culpable 2. having one s guilt proved; legally judged an offender 3. showing or conscious of guilt [a guilty look] 4. of or involving… …
14conscience — noun (C, U) 1 MIND the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong: Be guided by your conscience. | a social conscience (=a moral sense of how society should be) | a guilty/bad conscience (=feel guilty… …
15conscience — con|science [ˈkɔnʃəns US ˈka:n ] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin conscientia, from conscire to be conscious (of being guilty) , from com ( COM ) + scire to know ] 1.) the part of your mind that tells you whether what you …
16conscience — [[t]kɒ̱nʃ(ə)ns[/t]] consciences 1) N COUNT: usu sing, with supp, oft poss N, adj N Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have a guilty conscience, you feel guilty about… …
17conscience — n. 1) to appeal to; arouse smb. s conscience 2) to have smt. on one s conscience 3) to ease one s conscience 4) a clear; guilty conscience (to have a guilty conscience) 5) a matter of conscience 6) in conscience (in all good conscience) * * * [… …
18guilty */*/*/ — UK [ˈɡɪltɪ] / US adjective Word forms guilty : adjective guilty comparative guiltier superlative guiltiest Metaphor: Being guilty is like being dirty, and being innocent is like being clean. Becoming more moral or getting rid of guilt is like… …
19conscience — con|science [ kanʃəns ] noun count or uncount ** the ideas and feelings you have that tell you whether something you are doing is right or wrong: Each person must vote according to his or her own conscience. The decision must be a matter of… …
20Conscience — Not to be confused with consciousness. For other uses, see Conscience (disambiguation). Vincent van Gogh, 1890. Kröller Müller Museum. The Good Samaritan (after Delacroix). Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition or judgment of the …