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Conscience can mean:

- a sense of what is right and wrong,

- a person's scruples,

- the ethical nature of a person

Examples:

When the little girl told a lie, she felt a pang of guilt in her conscience.

That man has no conscience; he steals and cheats anybody he can!

She was a woman of strong conscience, and she was elevated to the position of reverend by unanimous vote.

An example from William Shakespeare:

"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,"

Hamlet Act 2, scene 2, 603-605

Here Hamlet is saying that Claudius' guilty conscience will shine through when he's watching the play that Hamlet's arranged. It's literal. He wants to catch Claudius red-handed-or red-faced.

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