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morality

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of morality

1 conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong

  • given his reputation for unswerving morality, scandal of any kind would wreck his political career
Synonyms of morality

character, decency, goodness, honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness
Words Related to morality

high-mindedness, honor, incorruptibility, irreproachability, irreproachableness, right-mindedness, scrupulosity, scrupulousness

appropriateness, correctness, decorousness, decorum, etiquette, fitness, propriety, seemliness

ethics, morals
Near Antonyms of morality

impropriety, indecency, indecorum, indiscretion

debauchery, degeneracy, degradation, depravity, perversion, pervertedness, sinfulness

crookedness, dishonesty, underhandedness, unscrupulousness

lowness, meanness, viciousness, vileness

corruption
Antonyms of morality

badness, evil, evildoing, immorality, iniquity, sin, villainy, wickedness

2 the code of good conduct for an individual or group

  • the morality that members of the Mafia are expected to adhere to—or suffer the consequences
Synonyms of morality

ethics, ethos, morals, norms, principles, standards
Words Related to morality

customs, dictates, etiquette, manners, mores, values

beliefs, dogma, faith, tenets

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