morals

morals
morals (n.) "a person's moral qualities," 1610s, plural of MORAL (Cf. moral) (n.).

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  • morals — index conduct, ethics, probity, right (righteousness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • morals — ethics, morals 1. Both terms are concerned with the practice of right and wrong. The Concise Oxford Dictionary (1995) defines ethics as ‘the science of morals in human conduct’; what this means is that morals forms the basis of abstract… …   Modern English usage

  • morals — See ethics. See ethics, morals …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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  • morals — moralė statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Dorovinė išvada, pamokymas. kilmė lot. moralis – dorovinis atitikmenys: angl. ethics; morals vok. Moral, f; Sittlichkeit, f rus. мораль …   Sporto terminų žodynas

  • morals — moralė statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Dorovė, žmogaus elgesį reguliuojančios normos ir principai; tai, kas iš esmės teisinga ir sąžininga kitų gerovės požiūriu. kilmė lot. moralis – dorovinis atitikmenys: angl. ethics;… …   Sporto terminų žodynas

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