conscience vote

noun

A type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are allowed to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party.

Similar
free vote
Opposite
whipped vote
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounconscience vote (plural conscience votes)

plural conscience votes

  1. governmentA type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are allowed to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party.

    Synonyms: free vote

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are allowed to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party.

Similar
free vote
Opposite
whipped vote
Also see
free vote

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 良心投票, 自由投票
  • 良心投票 (liángxīn tóupiào)vote in a legislative body
  • 自由投票 (zìyóu tóupiào)vote in a legislative body
Finnish omantunnon äänestys
  • omantunnon äänestysvote in a legislative body
French vote de confiance
  • vote de confiancevote in a legislative body
Russian «го́лос со́вести»
  • «го́лос со́вести»vote in a legislative body
Cite this entry
APA

conscience vote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conscience%20vote

MLA

“conscience vote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conscience%20vote. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conscience vote,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conscience%20vote.

Source: conscience vote on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.