| morality | |
| 1. n. Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a mann | |
| 2. n. A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct. | |
| 3. n. A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not. | |
| 4. n. (archaic) A lesson or pronouncement which contains advice about proper behavior. | |
| 5. n. (rare) Moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil. | |
| 6. n. (rare) A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil. | |
