conscience money

Stolen or wrongfully acquired money returned to its rightful owner (specifically to the government) when conscience is awakened to a sense of right dealing. In this country: Such money paid into the Government Treasury at Washington by self-avowed debtors anonymously is. known as the Conscience Fund. This Fund reaches a large sum every year. In England : Money for warded, as a rule anonymously, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for unpaid, income-tax. It amounts to some you sand pounds a year. conscience-proof, a. Proof against the monitions and the reproofs of conscience.