'Morality' definitions:
Definition of 'morality'
From: WordNet
noun
Concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct [ant: immorality]
noun
Definition of 'Morality'
From: GCIDE
- Morality \Mo*ral"i*ty\, n.; pl. Moralities. [L. moralitas: cf. F. moralit['e].]
- 1. The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right. [1913 Webster]
- The morality of an action is founded in the freedom of that principle, by virtue of which it is in the agent's power, having all things ready and requisite to the performance of an action, either to perform or not perform it. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right. [1913 Webster]
- Of moralitee he was the flower. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- I am bold to think that morality is capable of demonstration. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics. [1913 Webster]
- The end of morality is to procure the affections to obey reason, and not to invade it. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The system of morality to be gathered out of . . . ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII. --Strutt. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Intent; meaning; moral. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Taketh the morality thereof, good men. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'morality'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- angelicalness,
- antimasque,
- assignment,
- audience success,
- ballet,
- behavior,
- bomb,
- broadcast drama,
- burlesque show,
- chalk talk,
- charade,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- comedy drama,
- conduct,
- critical success,
- customs,
- daytime serial,
- decency,
- dialogue,
- discourse,
- disquisition,
- documentary drama,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- epic theater,
- ethicality,
- ethicalness,
- ethics,
- exercise,
- experimental theater,
- exposition,
- extravaganza,
- failure,
- fair play,
- fairness,
- flop,
- gasser,
- giveaway,
- godliness,
- goodness,
- Grand Guignol,
- habits,
- happening,
- harangue,
- hit,
- hit show,
- homework,
- homily,
- honesty,
- ideals,
- improvisational drama,
- instruction,
- integrity,
- justice,
- lecture,
- lecture-demonstration,
- legitimate drama,
- lesson,
- masque,
- melodrama,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- moral,
- moral lesson,
- moral rectitude,
- morale,
- morality play,
- moralization,
- morals,
- mores,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- object lesson,
- opera,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- Passion play,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- preachment,
- principles,
- probity,
- problem play,
- propriety,
- psychodrama,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- recital,
- recitation,
- rectitude,
- review,
- revue,
- right,
- right conduct,
- righteousness,
- rightness,
- saintlikeness,
- saintliness,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- sermon,
- set task,
- show,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skit,
- skull session,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- standards,
- straight drama,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- talk,
- talk show,
- task,
- teaching,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- Tom show,
- total theater,
- uprightness,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- virtue,
- virtuousness,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work
Words containing 'Morality'
- Moral,
- Morale,
- Moraler,
- Morales,
- Moralism,
- Moralities,
- Moralization,
- Moralize,
- Moralized,
- Moralizer,
- Moralizing,
- Morally,
- morals,
- Moral agent,
- Moral certainty,
- Moral insanity,
- Moral law,
- Moral liberty,
- Moral philosophy,
- Moral play,
- Moral sense,
- Moral theology,
- Morales, TX,
- moral climate,
- moral code,
- moral excellence,
- moral force,
- moral hazard,
- moral obligation,
- moral principle,
- moral support,
- moral turpitude,
- morale booster,
- morale builder,
- morale building,
- morality play,
- sexual morality,
- Morales-Sanchez,
- Morales-Sanchez, TX