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morality

Pronunciation: /məˈralɪti/

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Definition of morality

noun (plural moralities)

[mass noun]
  • principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour:the matter boiled down to simple morality: innocent prisoners ought to be freed
  • [count noun] a particular system of values and principles of conduct:a bourgeois morality
  • the extent to which an action is right or wrong:the issue of the morality of the possession of nuclear weapons

Origin:

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

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