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Compare Italian caso di coscienza.
- IPA(key): /ka d(ə) kɔ̃.sjɑ̃s/ ~ /kɑ d(ə) kɔ̃.sjɑ̃s/
cas de conscience m (plural cas de conscience)
- crisis of conscience, moral dilemma, matter of conscience
- (informal) twinge of conscience, misgiving, scruple
- Synonym: scrupule