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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
CzesŁAwa	ches-WAH-vah	Polish
Mable	MAY-bəl	English
Elpis	-	Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Ahmet	AHH-met	Turkish
Mwenye	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Alkyone	-	Greek Mythology