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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An examination of one's conscience, innermost feelings, and motives.
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Examples
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Further, the God whom they worshipped with the superb and heart-searching language of an earlier age was now conceived either as a just but jealous employer or as an indulgent parent, or else as sheer physical energy.
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It is precisely this heart-searching that is at the heart of the High Holy Days.
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The decisive heart-searching is the beginning of the way in our life.
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The Hon Justice Michael Kirby speech a few years ago he wrote:Teaching legal ethics: The revival of the public debate about what legal professional ethics should be, and the heart-searching within the legal profession itself, signalled by this occasion, make it timely to urge an intensified interest in law schools in the teaching of legal ethics.
Do We Need Courses in Ethics and Professional Responsibility? : Law is Cool 2010
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The decisive heart-searching is the beginning of the way in our life.
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It is precisely this heart-searching that is at the heart of the High Holy Days.
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The decisive heart-searching is the beginning of the way in our life.
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It is precisely this heart-searching that is at the heart of the High Holy Days.
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The decisive heart-searching is the beginning of the way in our life.
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It is precisely this heart-searching that is at the heart of the High Holy Days.
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