Definition of morality

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Morality (n.) 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..

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Incorrect :: Incorrect (a.) Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct..
Moral :: Moral (n.) A morality play. See Morality, 5..
Unmoral :: Unmoral (a.) Having no moral perception, quality, or relation; involving no idea of morality; -- distinguished from both moral and immoral..
Wickedness :: Wickedness (n.) The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.
Morality :: Morality (n.) 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..
Negative :: Negative (a.) Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism..
Lie :: Lie (v. i.) To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation..
Scandalously :: Scandalously (adv.) With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
Precise :: Precise (a.) Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality..
Aspire :: Aspire (v. t.) To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality..
Vanity :: Vanity (n.) One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5..
Lawless :: Lawless (a.) Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior..
Buddhism :: Buddhism (n.) The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, the awakened or enlightened, in the sixth century b. c., and adopted as a religion by the greater part of the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Asia and the Indian Islands. Buddha's teaching is believed to have been atheistic; yet it was characterized by elevated humanity and morality. It presents release from existence (a beatific enfranchisement, Nirvana) as the greatest
Morally :: Morally (adv.) In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
Virtuous :: Virtuous (a.) Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action..
Due :: Due (n.) That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll..
Morality :: Morality (n.) The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics..
Unmoralized :: Unmoralized (a.) Not restrained or tutored by morality.
Morality :: Morality (n.) The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question..
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