moralities

Variant of morality

morality definition

mo·ral·ity (mō ral′i tē, mô-, mə-)

noun pl. moralities -·ties

  1. moral quality or character; rightness or wrongness, as of an action
  2. the character of being in accord with the principles or standards of right conduct; right conduct; sometimes, specif., virtue in sexual conduct
  3. principles of right and wrong in conduct; ethics
  4. a particular system of such principles
  5. moral instruction or a moral lesson
  6. a narrative with a moral lesson
  7. morality play

Etymology: ME moralite < OFr < LL moralitas < L moralis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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