What Do U Mean by Conscience-Stricken?

: feeling very bad or guilty because of something one has done the story of a conscience-stricken thief who repays all she's stolen.

How do you use conscience-stricken in a sentence?

He is shocked, conscience-stricken, remorseful. Jo, conscience-stricken, did his best to make amends. Looking at him, I became conscience-stricken. She felt guilty and wicked and conscience-stricken.

What best defines conscience?

1a : the sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or be good She had a guilty conscience. b : a faculty, power, or principle enjoining good acts guided by conscience.