morality

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Synonyms: mortality, modality, amorality, molality, orality, totality, voracity, sodality, vocality, locality, immorality

Antonyms: mortality, modality, amorality, molality, orality, totality, voracity, sodality, vocality, locality, immorality

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} {{U|recognition}} of the [[distinction]] between [[good]] and [[evil]] or between [[right]] and [[wrong]]; [[respect]] for and [[obedience]] to the [[rule]]s of [[right]] [[conduct]]; the [[mental]] [[disposition]] or characteristic of [[behave|behaving]] in a manner [[intend]]ed to produce morally [[good]] [[result]]s.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} A set of [[social]] rules, [[custom]]s, [[traditions]], [[belief]]s, or [[practice]]s which specify [[proper]], [[acceptable]] forms of conduct.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} A set of personal [[guiding]] [[principle]]s for conduct or a general [[notion]] of how to behave, whether [[respectable]] or not.
4. {{lb|en|countable|archaic}} A [[lesson]] or [[pronouncement]] which contains [[advice]] about proper behavior.
5. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[morality play]].
6. {{lb|en|uncountable|rare}} [[moral philosophy|Moral philosophy]], the branch of [[philosophy]] which studies the [[ground]]s and nature of [[rightness]], [[wrongness]], good, and evil.
7. {{lb|en|countable|rare}} A particular [[theory]] concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.

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