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conscience money

noun

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  1. Money which is voluntarily paid by a party who feels guilt, and seeks to provide…

    Money which is voluntarily paid by a party who feels guilt, and seeks to provide compensation, for some past misdeed or negligence.

    • "Whatever I've done, I've always been criticized. . . . If I donated to a church, it was called conscience money; and if I didn't donate to it, they said I was mean and miserly."
    • Other US companies, keen to be seen making the politically correct investment now, are bringing ‘conscience money’ to the new South Africa.

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