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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct”",
"word": "amorality"
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"sense": "antonym(s) of “recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct”",
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"etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman moralité, Middle French moralité, from Late Latin mōrālitās (“manner, characteristic, character”), from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”), from mōs (“manner, custom”). equivalent to moral + -ity.",
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"word": "moralize"
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"ref": "1841, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 3, in Heroes and Hero Worship",
"text": "Without morality, intellect were impossible for him; a thoroughly immoral man could not know anything at all! To know a thing, what we can call knowing, a man must first love the thing, sympathize with it: that is, be virtuously related to it.",
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{
"ref": "1911, G. K. Chesterton, chapter 16, in Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens",
"text": "Science and art without morality are not dangerous in the sense commonly supposed. They are not dangerous like a fire, but dangerous like a fog.",
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{
"ref": "1965 April 30, “King Moves North”, in Time",
"text": "It may be true that you cannot legislate morality, but behavior can be regulated.",
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"Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results."
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"respect",
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"obedience",
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"rule",
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"mental",
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"behaving",
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[
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"(uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results."
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"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "decency"
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"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "rectitude"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "righteousness"
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{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "uprightness"
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"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "virtuousness"
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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"masculine"
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"roman": "ʔaḵlāq",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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],
"word": "أَخْلَاق"
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"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"roman": "baroyakanutʻyun",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "բարոյականություն"
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "əxlaq"
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "marálʹ",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "мара́ль"
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "akholak",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "আখলাক"
},
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"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "nōitikota",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "নৈতিকতা"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "morál",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "мора́л"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "moralitat"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàodé",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "道德"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "morálka"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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"word": "moraal"
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"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "moraali"
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"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "moralidade"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "morali",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "მორალი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "Moral"
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"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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"word": "Moralität"
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"roman": "ithikí",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sadācār",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "सदाचार"
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "axlāq",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "अख़लाक़"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
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"roman": "naitiktā",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "नैतिकता"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "erkölcs"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "siðferði"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "moralitas"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "sopan santun"
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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"word": "moráltacht"
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"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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"word": "mórálus"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moralità"
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"alt": "どうとく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dōtoku",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "道徳"
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"roman": "aqylaq",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "ақылақ"
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"roman": "moral",
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"word": "мораль"
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "səylaʼthɔə",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "សីលធម៌"
},
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thŏəm caʼreyaa",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "ធម្មចរិយា"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"alt": "道德",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dodeok",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "도덕"
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{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "moral",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "ky",
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"roman": "ahlak",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "ахлак"
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{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sī la tham",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "ສີລະທຳ"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "mōrālitās"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
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"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "morāle"
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"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "moralė"
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "moral",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "akhlak"
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"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "sadācāraṁ",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "സദാചാരം"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "dhāṟmmikata",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "ധാർമ്മികത"
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"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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"word": "beasaght"
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"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "naitiktā",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "नैतिकता"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "axlāq",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "اخلاق"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "axlâq",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "اخلاق"
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{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sittenlia"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "moralność"
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{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "moralidade"
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{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "moralitate"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morálʹ",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мора́ль"
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{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "étika",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "э́тика"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "moraltachd"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "мо̀ра̄л"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
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"Roman",
"masculine"
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"word": "mòrāl"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morálka"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morala"
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{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "moralidad"
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{
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "sedlighet"
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"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
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"word": "moral"
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{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "kasanlingan"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "kagandahang-asal"
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{
"_dis1": "67 14 5 3 4 4 2",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "axloq",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "ахлоқ"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "sǐin-tam",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "ศีลธรรม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "ahlak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "aktöre"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "sağtöre"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "ahlak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "morálʹ",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мора́ль"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "axlāq",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "اخلاق"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "exlaq",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "ئەخلاق"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "axloq"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct",
"word": "đạo đức"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "étika",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "е́тика"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"word": "moraali"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "periaatteet"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moralidade"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ithikí",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ηθική"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "íthos",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ήθος"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morāle"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moralitate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morálʹ",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мора́ль"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nrávstvennostʹ",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нра́вственность"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moraltachd"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "personal guiding principles",
"word": "erdem"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nrávstvenost",
"sense": "set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нра́вственост"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàodé",
"sense": "set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct",
"word": "道德"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct",
"word": "moraali"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "tavat"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moral"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "íthi",
"sense": "set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "ήθη"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "íthos",
"sense": "set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ήθος"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morāle"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nrávstvennostʹ",
"sense": "set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нра́вственность"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "set of customs, traditions, rules of conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moraltachd"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàodé",
"sense": "lesson or pronouncement",
"word": "道德"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lesson or pronouncement",
"word": "opettavainen tarina"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "lesson or pronouncement",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morāle"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "branch of philosophy",
"word": "etiikka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "branch of philosophy",
"word": "moraalifilosofia"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ithikí",
"sense": "branch of philosophy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ηθική"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morálʹ",
"sense": "branch of philosophy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мора́ль"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "branch of philosophy",
"word": "kasanlingan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "branch of philosophy",
"word": "etik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "branch of philosophy",
"word": "töre bilimi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "particular theory",
"word": "etiikka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "particular theory",
"word": "moraalifilosofia"
}
],
"word": "morality"
}
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