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
Achillesə-KIL-eez (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Lala-Bulgarian
Dwight[dwait]
JØRg-Danish, Norwegian
StacySTAY-seeEnglish
ShanSHANWelsh