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conscience money

 
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–noun
money paid, often anonymously, to relieve one's conscience, as for an obligation previously evaded or a wrong done.
Origin:
1840–50
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Moral Compass
Hesitating to help an injured man. Lack of moral compass or mistake?
www.ResponsibilityProject.com
conscience money  
n.  Money paid in compensation or atonement, as for a dishonest or morally objectionable act.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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