"pang of conscience" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pangs of conscience [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|pangs of conscience}} pang of conscience (plural pangs of conscience)
  1. (often in the plural) A feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets. Tags: in-plural, often Related terms: guilty conscience, remorse, scruple, compunction, misgiving Translations (feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets): выждан ғазабы (vıjdan ğazabı) (Bashkir), omantunnontuska (Finnish), Gewissensbiss [masculine] (German), lelkiismeret-furdalás (Hungarian), bűntudat (Hungarian), mórall [masculine] (Icelandic), coda di paglia [feminine] (Italian), coscienza sporca [feminine] (Italian), rimorso [masculine] (Italian), wyrzuty sumienia [masculine, plural] (Polish), dor na consciência [feminine] (Portuguese), mustrare de conștiință [feminine] (Romanian), угрызе́ния со́вести (ugryzénija sóvesti) [neuter, plural] (Russian), samvetskval [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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