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morality

Best crossword clue

"Ethical code"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /məˈɹælɪti/Part of speech nounSorted ailmortyStarts with MEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct

Word origin

From Anglo-Norman moralité, Middle French moralité, from Late Latin mōrālitās (“manner, characteristic, character”), from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”), from mōs (“manner, custom”). equivalent to moral + -ity.

Used in a sentence

  • Science and art without morality are not dangerous in the sense commonly supposed. They are not dangerous like a fire, but dangerous like a fog.
  • It may be true that you cannot legislate morality, but behavior can be regulated.
  • Masters and Johnson wanted their work to be taken seriously, and wanted to stay a step ahead of the morality police, so they tended to write in almost comically dense medicalese.

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