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in all conscience

in all conscience is the alternative form of in conscience.

Meaning of in conscience

Adverb

in conscience (not comparable)

  1. In fairness; by all that is reasonable.
    • ‘Is she tall, or short?’ asked Mrs. Horton, still wishing for farther information.
      ‘Oh, tall enough of all conscience,’ returned Lady Evans […].1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Penguin, published 2009, page 10

Questions about in all conscience

What is in all conscience the alternative form of?
In all conscience is the alternative form of in conscience.

Words near in all conscience in the dictionary

  1. in aggregate
  2. in agreement
  3. in aid of
  4. in all
  5. in all but name
  6. in all conscience
  7. in all fairness
  8. in all honesty
  9. in all its branches
  10. in all likelihood
  11. in all modesty

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