廉れん恥ち心しん

noun

sense of honor; sense of shame

Formal term for a person's inner moral compass that knows what is honorable and what is shameful. Often used in discussions of ethics, integrity, or public conduct.

• 政せい治じ家かには廉れん恥ち心しんが求もとめられる。

  Politicians are expected to have a sense of honor.

• 彼かれは廉れん恥ち心しんを失うしない、不ふ正せいに手てを染そめた。

  He lost his sense of shame and engaged in wrongdoing.