Definition of morality

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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..

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Benthamism :: Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions..
Ethical :: Ethical (a.) Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy..
Licentious :: Licentious (a.) Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life..
Utilitarian :: Utilitarian (a.) Of or pertaining to utilitarianism; supporting utilitarianism; as, the utilitarian view of morality; the Utilitarian Society..
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..
Virtuous :: Virtuous (a.) Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action..
Audacious :: Audacious (a.) Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum..
Unmoralized :: Unmoralized (a.) Not restrained or tutored by morality.
Incorrect :: Incorrect (a.) Not accordant with duty or morality; not duly regulated or subordinated; unbecoming; improper; as, incorrect conduct..
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..
Morality :: Morality (n.) Intent; meaning; moral.
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..
Lawless :: Lawless (a.) Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior..
Morality :: Morality (n.) The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics..
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..
Morality :: 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..
Morally :: Morally (adv.) In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.
Immorality :: Immorality (n.) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
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..
Scandalously :: Scandalously (adv.) With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
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