"conscience round" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: conscience rounds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} conscience round (plural conscience rounds)
  1. A blank round of ammunition issued to one or more members of a firing squad without telling them, so that each person in the squad knows there is a chance that they themselves did not fire the lethal shot.
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