Immoral meaning

ĭ-môr'əl, -mŏr'-
The definition of immoral is not following accepted principles of right and wrong behavior.

An example of immoral behavior is murder.

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Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.
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Contrary to established moral principles.
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Not in conformity with the accepted standards of proper sexual behavior, specif., unchaste or lewd.
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Not in conformity with accepted principles of right and wrong behavior, specif., depraved.
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Sentence Examples

  • Miracles alone cannot vindicate the divinity of immoral doctrine.

  • He found an ignorant and corrupt society ruled by an immoral yet fanatical monarch.

  • Finally, it may be noted that many immoral acts, such as the use of false weights, lying, &c., which could not be brought into court, are severely denounced in the Omen Tablets as likely to bring the offender into " the hand of God " as opposed to " the hand of the king."

  • 21-23), or else, judged from Amos's purified point of view, are absolutely immoral (ii.

  • His father, a man of immoral life, was with difficulty persuaded to cohabit with his wife.

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