consciences
Inner ethical voices
Consciences is the plural of conscience, the inner sense of right and wrong that guides moral judgment.
People speak of consciences when referring to multiple individuals' moral faculties: Their consciences wouldn't let them stay silent.
The phrase on their consciences means something weighs on them morally: The workers' safety was on all their consciences.
Moral self-reproach
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- scruplesMoral reservations about acting
principles · integrity · values · right · wrong · shame · regret · accountability
Innermost animating essence
- sinViolation of divine law
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
redemption · penance · forgiveness · absolution · salvation · judgment · divine · spiritual
Responsible for wrongdoing
- burdenedCarrying a heavy load
- heavyOf great mass
- tormentedSubjected to severe distress
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
plagued · weighed · disturbed · uneasy · restless · sleepless · anguished · gnawing
Jointly organized group
- publicAvailable to all
- nationalOf a country
- civicPertaining to community affairs
- communityCollective of connected people
shared · societal · cultural · awakening · activism · awareness · responsibility · justice
guilt
Moral self-reproach
scruples · principles · integrity · values · right · wrong · shame · regret · accountability · responsibility
soul
Innermost animating essence
- sinViolation of divine law
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
atonement · redemption · penance · forgiveness · absolution · salvation · judgment · divine · spiritual · faith
guilty
Responsible for wrongdoing
haunted · plagued · weighed · disturbed · uneasy · restless · sleepless · anguished · gnawing · pricking
collective
Jointly organized group
community · shared · societal · cultural · awakening · activism · awareness · responsibility · justice · advocacy
nagging
Persistent bothering or complaining
urging · intuition · instinct · warning · guidance · nudge · hesitation · unease · disquiet · misgiving
peace
Freedom from disturbance
- easeLack of strain
- cleanFree of soil
- unburdenedFreed from a load
innocent · justified · satisfied · tranquil · serene · untroubled · guiltless · blameless · righteous · vindicated
consciencesimpulses
Sudden inclinations to act
urges · instincts · desires · appetites · compulsions
consciencesamorality
Lacking ethical concern
callousness · sociopathy · ruthlessness · moral blindness · psychopathy
consciencesself-interest
Concern for personal advantage
greed · expediency · opportunism · selfishness · egoism
- guilty conscienceSelf-blame for wrongdoing
- clear conscienceFreedom from moral guilt
- clean conscienceFreedom from guilt
- individual conscienceOne's private moral judgment
- good conscienceInner moral ease
- my conscienceInternal ethical guide