morality
morality: n. (pl. -ies) 1 the degree of conformity of an idea, practice, etc., to moral principles.
2 right moral conduct.
3 a lesson in morals.
4 the science of morals.
5 a particular system of morals (commercial morality).
6 (in pl.) moral principles; points of ethics.
7 (in full morality play) hist. a kind of drama with personified abstract qualities as the main characters and inculcating a moral lesson, popular in the 16th c. [ME f. OF moralit÷ or LL moralitas f. L (as MORAL)]
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