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Morality

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.

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Chastity 76% connected

The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.

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Conscience 76% connected

Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness.

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Good 76% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Goodness 76% connected

The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; go…

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Righteousness 76% connected

The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.

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Rightness 76% connected

Straightness; as, the rightness of a line.

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Virtue 76% connected

Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.

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motivation 76% connected

The reasons and energy that drive someone to act.

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Motive 76% connected

That which moves; a mover.

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Need 76% connected

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Moral 74% connected

Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules…

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Moral 74% connected

Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules…

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Immoral 66% connected

Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Immoral 66% connected

Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licenti…

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Impure 66% connected

Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterat…

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Impure 66% connected

Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterat…

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Moral 66% connected

Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules…

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Moral 66% connected

Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules…

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Pure 66% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Pure 66% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Ethics 92% connected

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether tr…

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Immorality 94% connected

The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

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Immorality 94% connected

The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

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