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noun im·mo·ral·i·ty \ ˌi-(ˌ)mȯ-ˈra-lə-tē , ˌi-mə- \

Definition of immorality

1 :the quality or state of being immoral; especially :unchastity
2 :an immoral act or practice

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Examples of immorality in a Sentence

  1. religious denominations that regard drinking, smoking, and even dancing as examples of immorality

  2. a sermon about modern society's casual acceptance of or indifference to immorality

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First Known Use of immorality

circa 1566

immorality Synonyms

Synonyms
corruption, debauchery, depravity, vice, iniquitousness, iniquity, libertinage, libertinism, licentiousness, profligacy, sin
Antonyms
morality, virtue
Related Words
bad, badness, blackness, evil, evildoing, ill, turpitude, villainy, wickedness, wrong; atrociousness, evilness, heinousness, sinfulness, unscrupulousness, viciousness, vileness, villainousness; devilry (or deviltry), fiendishness; corruptness, debasement, degeneracy, degeneration, depravedness, dissoluteness, dissolution; indecency, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, looseness, perversion, pervertedness, wantonness; abomination, anathema, taboo (also tabu); criminality, reprehensibleness; baseness, despicableness, dirtiness, lowness, meanness; lousiness, miserableness, wretchedness
Near Antonyms
good, right; honesty, honor, integrity, legitimacy, probity, rectitude, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, uprightness; goodness, righteousness, virtuousness; blamelessness; chastity, innocence, perfection, pureness, purity, spotlessness; cleanness, correctness, decency, decorousness, propriety, rightness, seemliness

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bourgeois, ethos, eugenics, exurb, incommunicado, intelligentsia, megalopolis, metrosexual, mores, subculture

IMMORALITY Defined for Kids

immorality

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noun im·mo·ral·i·ty \ ˌi-mȯ-ˈra-lə-tē \

Definition of immorality for Students

plural immoralities
:the quality or state of being without principles of right and wrong

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