morality
/məˈɹælɪti/IPA: /M ER0 AE1 L AH0 T IY0/
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Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.
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A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct.
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A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not.
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A lesson or pronouncement which contains advice about proper behavior.
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A morality play.
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Moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
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A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
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