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MORALITY
- moral, righteous, virtuous, good, godly, upright
- probity, rectitude, uprightness, integrity, honesty, honor,
conscientiousness, scrupulousness, truthfulness,
trustworthiness, reliability, dependability, high-
mindedness, character, moral strength
Moral. 1. Of good character or disposition; right or proper in
behavior; righteous. 2. Sexually virtuous; chaste.
Righteous. Conforming in disposition and conduct to a
standard of right and justice; upright; virtuous.
Virtuous. Characterized by, exhibiting, or having the nature
of virtue; morally pure and good.
Virtue. 1. The quality of moral righteousness or excellence;
rectitude. 2. The practice of moral duties and the
abstinence from immorality and vice: a life devoted to
virtue. 3. Sexual purity; chastity.
Good. Morally excellent; virtuous; righteous.
Godly. Filled with reverence and love of God; pious.
Upright. Morally correct; especially just and honest.
Virtue, goodness, morality, rectitude, and righteousness are
compared as they denote the disposition to be good, moral,
honest, upright, etc. We regard virtue as acquired through
self-discipline, and predicate it of human beings only.
Goodness is an innate quality and so may be ascribed to God
as well as to man. Morality involves conformity to an
accepted code of right conduct; it is less elevated but more
concrete than virtue. Rectitude also implies conformity to
a moral code, but stresses intention or disposition; hence,
a man's morality may arise from fear of punishment or of
censure, but his rectitude can come only from a love of the
right and a conscious desire to follow it. The rectitude of
an action is to be found more in its purpose than in its
consequences. Righteousness is a very close synonym of
rectitude, but suggests somewhat more strongly a religious
point of view.
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IMMORALITY
- immoral, wicked, bad, evil, unprincipled, profligate,
dissolute, wanton, licentious, depraved, corrupt, abandoned,
debauched, dissipated
- dishonesty, unscrupulousness, unconscientiousness,
crookedness, knavery, rascality, reprobacy, deceitfulness,
untrustworthiness, unreliability, undependability,
infidelity, unfaithfulness
Immoral. 1. Violating the moral law; contrary to conscience or
public morality. 2. Sexually impure; licentious.
Wicked. Evil in principle and practice; vicious; sinful;
depraved.
Bad. Evil; wicked; immoral.
Evil. Morally bad; wicked.
Unprincipled. Lacking in moral principles; unscrupulous.
Profligate. 1. Lost or insensible to principle, virtue, or
decency. 2. Recklessly extravagant; in great profusion.
Dissolute. Not governed by moral restraints; abandoned;
debauched.
Wanton. 1. Dissolute; licentious; lustful. 2. Unchaste; lewd;
immoral.
Licentious. Lacking in moral restraint; sexually abandoned;
lewd.
Depraved. Morally debased; corrupt.
Corrupt. Immoral or perverted; depraved; wicked.
Abandoned. 1. Unrestrained; without moderation. 2. Given over
to dissolute practices; profligate; shameless.
Debauch. To corrupt in morals; seduce; deprave.
Debauchery. 1. Gross indulgence of one's sensual appetites.
2. Seduction from virtue, duty, or fidelity.
Dissipated. Pursuing pleasure to excess; dissolute.
Dissipate. 1. To spend wastefully; squander. 2. To engage in
excessive or dissolute pleasures.
Ref. F & W Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus
Nov 1991
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