morality

noun

mo·ral·i·ty mə-ˈra-lə-tē

mȯ-

plural moralities

Synonyms of morality next

: a moral discourse, statement, or lesson

ended his lecture with a trite morality

: a literary or other imaginative work teaching a moral lesson

"Aesop's Fables" is famous as a morality.

: a doctrine or system of moral conduct

the basic law which an adequate morality ought to state—

Marjorie Grene

moralities plural : particular moral principles or rules of conduct

we were all brought up on one of these moralities—

Psychiatry

: conformity to ideals of right human conduct

admitted the expediency of the law but questioned its morality

: moral conduct : virtue

morality today involves a responsible relationship toward the laws of the natural world—

P. B. Sears

Examples of morality in a Sentence

The group is calling for a return to traditional morality. two groups with clashing moralities The decision may be legally justified, but I question its morality.

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Does this force her to look more closely at herself and her own sense of morality? —

Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025 At that moment, a car full of ISIS morality police — the hisbah — was passing by. —

Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025 In it, Otto Octavius/Octopus puts his consciousness inside Peter Parker’s body and has to not only grapple with his own ambition but also navigate the balance between his and Peter’s senses of morality. —

Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025 Whereas blue state disasters are a function of their flawed morality and policy. —

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