"conscience vote" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: conscience votes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} conscience vote (plural conscience votes)
  1. (politics) A type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are allowed to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party. Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: free vote Hypernyms: vote Translations (vote in a legislative body): 良心投票 (liángxīn tóupiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 自由投票 (zìyóu tóupiào) (Chinese Mandarin), omantunnon äänestys (Finnish), «го́лос со́вести» (alt: «gólos sóvesti») [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-conscience_vote-en-noun-l1aMvpz4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: government, politics

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