English-Thai Dictionary

morality

N ความดีงาม  ความ มี ศีลธรรมจรรยา  ความ มี คุณ ธรรม  righteousness uprightness dishonesty fraudulence kwam-de-ngam

 

morality

N จรรยา  หลักศีลธรรม  หลัก ประพฤติ ปฏิบัติ  ethics duplicity immorality jan-ya

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MORALITY

n.The doctrine or system of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics. The system of morality to be gathered from the writings of ancient sages, falls very short of that delivered in the gospel.
1. The practice of the moral duties; virtue. We often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question.
2. The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the divine law, or to the principles of rectitude. This conformity implies that the act must be performed by a free agent, and from a motive of obedience to the divine will. This is the strict theological and scriptural sense of morality. But we often apply the word to actions which accord with justice and human laws, without reference to the motives form which they proceed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MORALITY

Mo *ral "i *ty, n.; pl. Moralities. Etym: [L. moralitas: cf. F.moralité. ]

 

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. 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.

 

2. The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right. Of moralitee he was the flower. Chaucer. I am bold to think that morality is capable of demonstration. Locke.

 

3. The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics. The end of morality is to procure the affections to obey reason, and not to invade it. Bacon. The system of morality to be gathered out of. .. ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel. Swift.

 

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.

 

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.

 

6. Intent; meaning; moral. [Obs. ] Taketh the morality thereof, good men. Chaucer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

morality

mo ral i ty |məˈralətē, mô -məˈrælədi | ▶noun ( pl. moralities ) principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. • a particular system of values and principles of conduct, esp. one held by a specified person or society: a bourgeois morality. • the extent to which an action is right or wrong: behind all the arguments lies the issue of the morality of the possession of nuclear weapons. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French moralite or late Latin moralitas, from Latin moralis (see moral ).

 

morality play

mo ral i ty play |məˈrælədi | ▶noun a kind of drama with personified abstract qualities as the main characters and presenting a lesson about good conduct and character, popular in the 15th and early 16th centuries.

 

Oxford Dictionary

morality

mor ¦al |ity |məˈralɪti | ▶noun ( pl. moralities ) [ mass noun ] principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour: the matter boiled down to simple morality: innocent prisoners ought to be freed. • [ count noun ] a particular system of values and principles of conduct: a bourgeois morality. • the extent to which an action is right or wrong: the issue of the morality of the possession of nuclear weapons. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French moralite or late Latin moralitas, from Latin moralis (see moral ).

 

morality play

mor ¦al |ity play ▶noun a kind of allegorical drama having personified abstract qualities as the main characters and presenting a lesson about good conduct and character, popular in the 15th and early 16th centuries.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

morality

morality noun 1 the morality of nuclear weapons: ethics, rights and wrongs, ethicality. 2 a sharp decline in morality: virtue, goodness, good behavior, righteousness, rectitude, uprightness; morals, principles, honesty, integrity, propriety, honor, justice, decency; ethics, standards /principles of behavior, mores, standards.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

morality

morality noun 1 the morality of the possession of nuclear weapons: ethics, rights and wrongs, correctness, ethicality. 2 the past few years have seen a sharp decline in morality: virtue, goodness, good behaviour, righteousness, rectitude, uprightness; morals, principles, honesty, integrity, propriety, honour, justice, fair play, justness, decency, probity, chasteness, chastity, purity, blamelessness. ANTONYMS immorality. 3 orthodox Christian morality: moral standards, morals, moral code, ethics, principles of right and wrong, rules of conduct, standards /principles of behaviour, ethos, mores, standards, ideals.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

morality

mo ral i ty /mərǽləti /→moral 名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 U 道徳 , 道義 ; 倫理 ▸ public morality 公衆道徳 2 U 〖通例the ～〗道徳性 , 倫理性 ; 道義性 (↔immorality )▸ debate on the morality of war 戦争の道義性をめぐる議論 3 C U (特定の集団 社会の )倫理観 , 道徳律 ; U 倫理学 (ethics )▸ Christian morality キリスト教の倫理観 4 U (個人の )徳性 , 徳行 ; 品行方正 .5 C 教訓 ; 訓話 .6 C 道徳劇 (morality play ) 〘15 --16世紀に流行した教訓劇 〙.