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
TarahTAHR-ə, TER-ə, TAR-əEnglish (Modern)
Emily['eməli]
Zara (2)-Bulgarian
Micha-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Tahira-Arabic
Darius[də'raiəs]