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Noun: morality  mu'ra-li-tee
  1. Concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
     
  2. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
    - ethical motive, ethics, morals

Derived forms: moralities

See also: immoral, impure, moral, pure

Type of: motivation, motive, need, quality

Antonym: immorality

Encyclopedia: Morality