Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A set of principles of right conduct.
- noun A theory or a system of moral values.
- noun The study of the general nature of morals and of the specific moral choices to be made by a person; moral philosophy.
- noun The rules or standards governing the conduct of a person or the members of a profession.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
ethical . - noun Same as
ethics .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
- noun a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct.
- adjective Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral
- adjective (Gram.) a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid
mihi Celsus agit? How doesmy friend Celsus do?
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- adjective
Moral , relating to morals. - noun a
set ofprinciples ofright andwrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specificculture ,society ,group , orindividual . - noun the
morality of an action
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
- noun the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
Etymologies
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chained_bear commented on the word ethic
Used as a misspelling of "ethnic."May 6, 2009