conscience money
Remorse-driven restitution funds
Money paid to relieve guilt over a past wrong, typically sent anonymously.
Someone who cheated on taxes years ago might mail cash to the government; a person who shoplifted as a teenager might send payment to the store.
The phrase emphasizes that the payment serves the giver's conscience rather than any legal obligation: He sent conscience money to his former employer after years of padding expense reports.
Giving back what's owed
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- redressCompensation for injury
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
settlement · indemnity · refund · return · payback · disgorgement · recovery · damages
Self-mortification for wrongdoing
- expiationRedress for offense
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
reconciliation · apology · forgiveness · cleansing · purification · sacrifice · offering · tithe
Right and wrong principles
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- scruplesMoral reservations about acting
uprightness · probity · virtue · righteousness · decency · fairness · honor · trustworthiness
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
- pangsSudden sharp sensations
regret · compunction · penitence · culpability · self-condemnation · scruples · repentance · confession
repayment
Giving back what's owed
- compensationPayment for services rendered
- reparationCompensation for injury done
- redressCompensation for injury
reimbursement · settlement · indemnity · refund · return · payback · disgorgement · recovery · damages · envelope
penance
Self-mortification for wrongdoing
- expiationRedress for offense
- amendsCompensation for wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
redemption · reconciliation · apology · forgiveness · cleansing · purification · sacrifice · offering · tithe · charity
morality
Right and wrong principles
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
scruples · uprightness · probity · virtue · righteousness · decency · fairness · honor · trustworthiness · accountability
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- self-reproachBlaming oneself for wrongdoing
pangs · regret · compunction · penitence · culpability · self-condemnation · scruples · repentance · confession · soul-searching
conscience moneytax levy
Compulsory government collection
legal settlement · alimony · punitive damages · child support
conscience moneyill-gotten gains
Wealth obtained dishonestly
hush money · bribe · blood money · dirty money · embezzled funds
conscience, money, consciences, conscious, consciously, unconscious, unconsciously, consciousness, unconsciousness