in good conscience

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in (all) good conscience

Fig. having good motives; displaying motives that will not result in a guilty conscience. In all good conscience, I could not recommend that you buy this car. In good conscience, she could not accept the reward. She had only been acting as a good citizen should.

See also: conscience, good

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I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. Obama's radical "green jobs czar" resigns amid furor by The New American It's clear that we cannot rise in good conscience without saying anything about the level of injustice and the level of suffering" being experienced by Palestinians. Delegates urge Israel to end occupation of West Bank, Gaza: toned ... by Sison, Marites N. / Anglican Journal I have now reluctantly decided that I cannot, in good conscience, continue to be the public face of a charity that is changing beyond recognition from the one with which I have been so proud to be associated," she said. Harry Potter author quits MS charity over 'rifts' by AFP / AFP European Edition			in face in fact in fashion in favor in favor of in fear and trembling in fine feather in fits and starts in flagrante in flight in flux in focus In for a penny in for the kill in force in front of in full flight in full force in full swing in fun in gear in general in glory in glowing terms in good company in good conscience in good faith in good graces in good hands in good repair in good shape in good spirits in good time in great demand in great haste in hair in hand in harm's way in harmony in harness in heart of hearts in heat in heaven in heaven's name in high cotton in high dudgeon in high gear in his wisdom in hock in hog heaven in honor of			in general in general In George We Trust In Gesprek Over Geboorte in gift in gift in gift in gift in gift in glory in glory in glory in glory in glowing terms In God I Trust In God We Trust In God's Hands In Golf We Trust in good books in good books in good books in good books In good case In Good Company In Good Company In Good Company In Good Company In Good Company in good condition in good condition physically and functionally sound and sturdy in good conscience in good faith in good faith in good faith in good faith in good financial condition in good graces in good hands In good heart in good order in good order in good order in good part in good part in good part in good part in good part in good repair in good shape in good spirits in good spirits in good spirits in good taste in good taste in good time in good time in good time in good time in good time In grain in grand style

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