morality
noun
[ məˈralɪti ]
• 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"
Similar:
ethics,
rights and wrongs,
correctness,
ethicality,
virtue,
goodness,
good behaviour,
righteousness,
rectitude,
uprightness,
morals,
principles,
honesty,
integrity,
propriety,
honour,
justice,
fair play,
justness,
decency,
probity,
chasteness,
chastity,
purity,
blamelessness,
moral standards,
moral code,
principles of right and wrong,
rules of conduct,
ethos,
mores,
standards,
ideals,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French moralite or late Latin moralitas, from Latin moralis (see moral).
