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Morality is the belief that some behaviour is right and acceptable and that other behaviour is wrong. ...standards of morality and justice in society. ...an ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'morality'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× morality (mərælɪti ) Wordforms:pluralmoralities 1. uncountablenoun Moralityisthebeliefthatsomebehaviourisrightandacceptableandthatotherbehaviouriswrong. ...standardsofmoralityandjusticeinsociety. ...anefforttopreservetraditionalmorality. Synonyms:virtue,justice,principles,morals MoreSynonymsofmorality 2. countablenoun Amoralityisasystemofprinciplesandvaluesconcerningpeople'sbehaviour,whichisgenerallyacceptedbyasocietyorbyaparticulargroupofpeople. ...amoralitythatissexist. ...communitiesandtheirsharedmoralities. 3. uncountablenoun Themoralityofsomethingishowrightoracceptableitis. ...theargumentsaboutthemoralityofbloodsports.[+of] Synonyms:rightsandwrongs,ethics,ethicality,ethicalness MoreSynonymsofmorality MoreSynonymsofmorality COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof morality Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'morality' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'morality' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'stargazeypie' HindiTranslationof'morality' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency moralityinBritishEnglish (məˈrælɪtɪ ) nounWordforms:plural-ties1. thequalityofbeingmoral 2. conformity,ordegreeofconformity,toconventionalstandardsofmoralconduct 3. asystemofmoralprinciples 4. aninstructionorlessoninmorals 5. shortformoralityplay CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency moralityinAmericanEnglish (moʊˈrælɪti ;mɔˈrælɪti ;məˈrælɪti ) nounWordforms:pluralmoˈralities1.  moralqualityorcharacter;rightnessorwrongness,asofanaction 2.  thecharacterofbeinginaccordwiththeprinciplesorstandardsofrightconduct;rightconduct;sometimes,specif.,virtueinsexualconduct 3.  principlesofrightandwronginconduct;ethics 4.  aparticularsystemofsuchprinciples 5.  moralinstructionoramorallesson 6.  anarrativewithamorallesson 7.  moralityplay Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEmoralite



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