have a clean conscience

have a clean conscience

To be guiltless or have no feelings of guilt or remorse over something. Don't you dare accuse me of causing this, I have a clean conscience! Some people think I should have treated him better, but I have a clean conscience in this whole affair.
See also: clean, conscience, have
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • (one's) conscience is clean
  • clear conscience, to have a
  • have a clear conscience
  • have a clean conscience about (someone or something)
  • (one's) conscience is clear
  • have a clear conscience about (someone or something)
  • prick (one's) conscience
  • prick your conscience
  • don't you dare
  • don't you dare!
References in periodicals archive
Some of the Russian dissidents used to say that no matter what the circumstances, it was possible to have a clean conscience. Yet conscience is also a delicate instrument.
Discovering inner freedom: Philip Boobbyer, a lecturer in modern European history at the University of Kent, puts cleaning one's slate in a wider philosophical context