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better angels of someone's nature

better angels of someone's nature is the alternative form of better angels.

Meaning of better angels

Noun

better angels pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Morally upright or otherwise positive attributes of human character.
    • So do the shadows of our own desires stand between us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed.1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 29.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC

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Better angels of someone's nature is the alternative form of better angels.

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