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in conscience

in conscience adverb: in fairness; by all that is reasonable.

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
    • I ought in conscience to have made ten thousand pretty detours about all this.1809, Walter Scott, letter, 14 June

Forms of in conscience

alternative formin all conscience
alternative formin good conscience
alternative formin all good conscience
alternative formof conscience
alternative formof all conscience

Questions about in conscience

What does in conscience mean?
In conscience means in fairness; by all that is reasonable.
What part of speech is in conscience?
In conscience is an adverb.

Words near in conscience in the dictionary

  1. in conclusion
  2. in concreto
  3. in condition
  4. in confidence
  5. in conjunction with
  6. in conscience
  7. in consequence
  8. in contempt
  9. in contention
  10. in contrast
  11. in contrast to

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