English Explanatory Dictionary

conscience round

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blank round of ammunition issued to one or more members of a firing squad without telling them, so that each person in the squad knows there is a chance that they themselves did not fire the lethal shot.

Word forms

conscience round conscience rounds
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