Conscience-money
noun
1.
money paid, often anonymously, to relieve one’s conscience, as for an obligation previously evaded or a wrong done.
noun
1.
money paid voluntarily to compensate for dishonesty, esp money paid voluntarily for taxes formerly evaded
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adj. c.1600, “conscious,” from Latin conscientem, present participle of conscire “to be conscious” (see conscience). Also with meaning “a conscious being” (c.1770).
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[kon-shee-en-shuh s, kon-see-] /ˌkɒn ʃiˈɛn ʃəs, ˌkɒn si-/ adjective 1. governed by ; controlled by or done according to one’s inner sense of what is right; principled: She’s a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions. 2. careful and painstaking; particular; meticulous; scrupulous: conscientious application to the work at hand. /ˌkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəs/ […]
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[kon-shee-en-shuh s, kon-see-] /ˌkɒn ʃiˈɛn ʃəs, ˌkɒn si-/ adjective 1. governed by ; controlled by or done according to one’s inner sense of what is right; principled: She’s a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions. 2. careful and painstaking; particular; meticulous; scrupulous: conscientious application to the work at hand. /ˌkɒnʃɪˈɛnʃəs/ […]