in conscience

Idioms  

1. Also, in all good conscience. In all truth or fairness, as in I can't in conscience say that the meeting went well, or In all good conscience we can't support their stand on disarmament. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

Mundell, the Scotland secretary, said he could not in conscience have opposed the amendment.

From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2019

"We wish to remain in total communion with the church but we cannot signify more clearly, or more painfully either, our incapacity in conscience to obey what we are commanded to do."

From Fox News • Dec. 8, 2018

Barrett and Garvey ultimately conclude that “if one cannot in conscience affirm a death sentence the proper response is to recuse oneself.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2018

This is a superb reminder, a question that brings in conscience and social justice.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2017

"Should any of these people come in love among us therefore," said they, "we cannot in conscience lay violent hands upon them."

From Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York by Goodwin, Maud Wilder