良心りょうしんの呵責かしゃく

expression, noun

pangs of conscience; remorse; guilty conscience

A fixed expression referring to the sharp, painful feeling of guilt or regret over one's actions. Often used in formal or literary contexts.

• 彼かれは良りょう心しんの呵責かしゃくに耐たえられず、自じ首しゅした。

  Unable to bear the pangs of conscience, he turned himself in.

• 良りょう心しんの呵責かしゃくを感かんじながらも、彼かれは嘘うそをつき続つづけた。

  Even while feeling remorse, he kept on lying.