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morality
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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/məˈrælɪti/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/məˈrælɪti, mɔ-/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mə ral′i tē, mô-)
Inflections of 'morality' (n): npl: moralities
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026mo•ral•i•ty /məˈrælɪti, mɔ-/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ties for 3.
- agreement with the rules of conduct;
moral conduct:[uncountable]the decline of morality on TV shows.
- moral quality or character:[uncountable]questioning his morality.
- [countable] a system of ethical principles.
See -mor-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026mo•ral•i•ty
(mə ral′i tē, mô-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties for 4–6.
- conformity to the rules of right conduct;
moral or virtuous conduct.
- moral quality or character.
- virtue in sexual matters;
chastity.
- a doctrine or system of morals.
- moral instruction;
a moral lesson, precept, discourse, or utterance.
- LiteratureSee morality play.
- Late Latin mōrālitās. See moral, -ity
- Middle English moralite 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
morality /məˈrælɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- the quality of being moral
- conformity, or degree of conformity, to conventional standards of moral conduct
- a system of moral principles
- an instruction or lesson in morals
- short for morality play
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