"in conscience" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} in conscience (not comparable)
  1. In fairness; by all that is reasonable. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: in all conscience, in good conscience, in all good conscience, of conscience [obsolete], of all conscience Translations (in fairness; by all that is right and fair): hyvällä omallatunnolla (Finnish), puhtaalla omallatunnolla (Finnish), en son âme et conscience (French), z czystym sumieniem (Polish)

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