"ethicality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ethicalities [plural]
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  1. The state, quality, or manner of being ethical. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: ethicalness Derived forms: unethicality Translations (manner of being): etyczność [feminine] (Polish), etičnost [feminine] (Slovene)

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