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   Mo·ral·i·ty

   /məˈralədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior: "the matter boiled down to simple morality: innocent prisoners ought to be freed" Similar ethicsrights and wrongscorrectnessethicalityvirtuegoodnessgood behaviorrighteousnessrectitudeuprightnessmoralsprincipleshonestyintegrityproprietyhonorjusticefair playjustnessdecencyprobitychastenesschastitypurityblamelessnessmoral standardsmoralsmoral codeethicsprinciples of right and wrongrules of conductstandards/principles of behaviorethosmoresstandardsidealsOpposite immorality
   • ▪ a particular system of values and principles of conduct, especially one held by a specified person or society: "a bourgeois morality"
   • ▪ the extent to which an action is right or wrong: "behind all the arguments lies the issue of the morality of the possession of nuclear weapons"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French moralite or late Latin moralitas, from Latin moralis (see moral).

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