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
Pearson['piəsn]
Sabellius-Late Roman
Bipin-Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Mcgill[mə'gil]
Alonzo-Italian
SharonSHER-ən, SHAR-ənEnglish