bad conscience

When the freshly murdered Banquo crashes the party, Macbeth’s crackup goes into overdrive, suggesting a psychotic break more than a bad conscience.

“We are your bad conscience. The White Rose will not leave you in peace!”

It’s the city’s bad conscience.

“I would have had a bad conscience if we only showed the bright sides of our past,” she said in an interview.

"We won't be silenced," read one, "we are your bad conscience, the White Rose won't leave you in peace."