The root of all immorality. --Sir W.
Temple.
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2. An immoral act or practice.
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Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies and immoralities broke loose among them. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
immorality — I noun atrocity, bad repute, carnality, concupiscence, contamination, corruption, criminality, delinquency, demoralization, depravity, dissoluteness, evil, indecency, iniquity, knavery, lechery, lewdness, licentiousness, loose morals, misdoing,… … Law dictionary
immorality — (n.) 1560s, from assimilated form of IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + MORALITY (Cf. morality) … Etymology dictionary
immorality — [im΄ôr al′i tē, im΄ō ral′ i tē] n. 1. the state or quality of being immoral 2. immoral behavior 3. pl. immoralities an immoral act or practice; vice … English World dictionary
immorality — Conduct, behaviour, or practices which are immoral, that is, in violation of principles of decency and good conduct, especially meretricious sexual relations; licentiousness. 17 Am J2d Contr §§ 183, 184. Something more than the mere refusal of a… … Ballentine's law dictionary
immorality — noun 1. the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction • Ant: ↑morality • Derivationally related forms: ↑immoral • Hypernyms … Useful english dictionary
immorality — noun (U) behaviour that is morally wrong: the immorality of bombing civilians … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
immorality — noun he charged that the overseas press was prone to lies and immorality Syn: wickedness, immoral behavior, badness, evil, vileness, corruption, dishonesty, dishonorableness; sinfulness, ungodliness, unchastity, sin, depravity, villainy, vice,… … Thesaurus of popular words
immorality — amoralizmas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Dorovės pagrindų ir visuomenės priimtų elgesio normų neigimas, nepaisymas, nihilistinis požiūris į moralės principus. kilmė gr. a – neigimo priešdėlis + lot. moralis – dorovinis… … Sporto terminų žodynas
immorality — immoral ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not conforming to accepted standards of morality. DERIVATIVES immorality noun (pl. immoralities) immorally adverb … English terms dictionary
Immorality Act — Der Immorality Act, Act No. 2 / 1927 (deutsch etwa: Unsittlichkeitsgesetz) war ein Gesetz zur Umsetzung südafrikanischer Rassenpolitik während der Zeit der Apartheid. Im Jahr 1927 erließ man den Immorality Act, der sexuelle Beziehungen zwischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
