Morality

What do we mean by morality?

The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct. noun

A system or collection of ideas of right and wrong conduct. noun

Virtuous conduct. noun

A rule or lesson in moral conduct. noun

The doctrine or system of duties; morals; ethics. noun

The character of being moral; accord with the rules of right conduct; moral quality; virtuousness: often used in a restricted sense to denote sexual purity. noun

Moral conduct; the practice of the duties inculcated by the moral rules that are recognized as valid; in a general and collective sense, those forms of human conduct which are the subject of moral judgments. noun

Hence The practice of moral duties regarded as apart from and as not based upon vital religious principle. noun

A moral inference or reflection; a moralization; intent; meaning; moral. noun

A kind of drama which succeeded the miracle-plays or mysteries, and in which the persons of the play were abstractions, or allegorical representations of virtues, vices, and mental powers and faculties. noun

=Syn. 1-3. Morality, Morals, Manners, Virtue, Ethics. Morality (or morals) and manners stand over against each other as respectively conforming to right or propriety in the great duties and iu the minor forms of action and intercourse. Morality is often popularly applied to conformity to right in that particular in which right conduct is most felt to be important, as chastity or honesty. Virtue is morality of the fullest type and regarded as a part of personal character. Ethics is the technical, as morals is the popular, name for the science of virtue. noun

The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right. noun

The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right. noun

The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics. noun

The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue. noun

A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII. noun

Intent; meaning; moral. noun

Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results. noun

A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct. noun

A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not. noun

Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.

A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct.

A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not.

A lesson or pronouncement which contains advice about proper behavior.

A morality play.

Moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.

A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.

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Words that rhyme with morality:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe morality:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective morality:
the, social.

Consonant match to morality:
marie later.

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