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pang of conscience

pang of conscience noun: a feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets.

Noun

pang of conscience (plural pangs of conscience)

  1. (in plural, often) A feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets.
    • It was clear to Mr. Seely that Dick Shand's story was 'got up,'—and very well got up. He had no pang of conscience as to using it. But when it came to believing it, that was quite another thing.1879, Anthony Trollope, chapter 50, in John Caldigate
    • So it fell that Mistress Anne could go to London without pangs of conscience at leaving her sister in the country and alone.1896, Frances Hodgson Burnett, chapter 11, in A Lady of Quality

Forms of pang of conscience

pluralpangs of conscience

Questions about pang of conscience

What does pang of conscience mean?
Pang of conscience means a feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets.
What part of speech is pang of conscience?
Pang of conscience is a noun.
What is the plural of pang of conscience?
The plural of pang of conscience is pangs of conscience.

Words near pang of conscience in the dictionary

  1. pang
  2. pang cymbal
  3. pang cymbals
  4. pang jio
  5. pang khao mahk
  6. pang of conscience
  7. pang sai
  8. pang seh
  9. Pang-pu
  10. panga
  11. panga panga

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