conscience money



conscience money

Money paid to another in an attempt to alleviate the payer's guilty conscience. I felt so badly about breaking my mom's lamp that I eventually gave her conscience money, in the hopes that it would make me feel better.
See also: conscience, money

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tonio-Italian
Alenka-Slovene
Eir-Norse Mythology, Icelandic, Norwegian
Steinarr-Ancient Scandinavian
Boyana-Bulgarian
Clothildis-Ancient Germanic (Latinized)