conscience round
conscience round · conscience rounds
A blank round of ammunition issued to one or more members of a firing squad without…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
Forms
plural: conscience rounds| Singular | conscience round |
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