Idiom
conscience money
Meaning
Money which is voluntarily paid by a party who feels guilt, and seeks to provide compensation, for some past misdeed or negligence.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He sent conscience money to the store for the candy he stole.”
“After realizing he had underpaid his taxes years ago, he sent a check to the government as conscience money.”
“The anonymous donor sent a large sum of conscience money to the charity, hoping to atone for the unethical business practices that defined his early career.”
Examples
simple
“He sent conscience money to the store for the candy he stole.”
contextual
“After realizing he had underpaid his taxes years ago, he sent a check to the government as conscience money.”
complex
“The anonymous donor sent a large sum of conscience money to the charity, hoping to atone for the unethical business practices that defined his early career.”
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