immorality
immoralities
Immorality is evil, sinful, or otherwise wrong behavior. Immorality is often called wickedness and is a state avoided by good people.
Since morality refers to things that are right, immorality has to do with things that are wrong — like stealing, lying, and murdering. This is a tricky word, because people have their own idea of what's immoral. We can all agree killing is an example of immorality, but people disagree on whether things such as bad language are truly signs of immorality. Different religions have their own ideas of immorality too, but the word is always associated with wrongness and offensiveness.
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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”
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Antonyms:
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morality
concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
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types:
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unrighteousness
failure to adhere to moral principles
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corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
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corruptibility
the capability of being corrupted
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licentiousness, wantonness
the quality of being lewd and lascivious
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anomie, anomy
lack of moral standards in a society
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wrongness
contrary to conscience or morality
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evil, evilness
the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
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sin, sinfulness, wickedness
estrangement from god
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impiety, impiousness
unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
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malevolence, malevolency, malice
the quality of threatening evil
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malignance, malignancy, malignity
the quality of being disposed to evil; intense ill will
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balefulness, maleficence, mischief
the quality or nature of being harmful or evil
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worst
the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable
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nefariousness, ugliness, vileness, wickedness
the quality of being wicked
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reprehensibility
being reprehensible; worthy of and deserving reprehension or reproof
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villainousness, villainy
the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior
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perverseness, perversity
deliberately deviating from what is good
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error, wrongdoing
departure from what is ethically acceptable
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frailty, vice
moral weakness
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injustice, unjustness
the practice of being unjust or unfair
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dishonorableness, dishonourableness
the quality of not deserving honor or respect
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dishonor, dishonour
lacking honor or integrity
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dishonesty
the quality of being dishonest
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quality
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
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morality
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morally objectionable behavior
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synonyms:
evil, iniquity, wickedness
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devilry, deviltry
wicked and cruel behavior
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foul play
unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)
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irreverence, violation
a disrespectful act
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sexual immorality
the evil ascribed to sexual acts that violate social conventions
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blasphemy, desecration, profanation, sacrilege
blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
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evildoing, transgression
the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
Vocabulary lists containing immorality
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