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
Escobar[es'kɔvɔr]
Burris['bʌris]
KatiaKAH-tyahRussian
SharonSHER-ən, SHAR-ənEnglish
Olegah-LYEKRussian
Faith[feiθ]