morality
mo·ral·i·ty
noun \mə-ˈra-lə-tē, mȯ-\ plural mo·ral·i·ties
Definition of MORALITY
1
a : a moral discourse, statement, or lesson b : a literary or other imaginative work teaching a moral lesson
2
a : a doctrine or system of moral conduct b plural : particular moral principles or rules of conduct
3
: conformity to ideals of right human conduct
4
: moral conduct : virtue
Examples of MORALITY
- The group is calling for a return to traditional morality.
- two groups with clashing moralities
- The decision may be legally justified, but I question its morality.
First Known Use of MORALITY
14th century
Related to MORALITY
- Synonyms
- character, decency, goodness, honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness
- Antonyms
- badness, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, sin, villainy, wickedness
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Rhymes with MORALITY
anality, banality, brutality, carnality, causality, centrality, extrality, fatality, feudality, finality, formality, frontality, frugality, legality, lethality, locality, mentality, modality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, rascality, reality, regality, rurality, sodality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality
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