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immorality

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im·mor·al·i·ty  (mô-rl-t, m-)
n. pl. im·mor·al·i·ties
1. The quality or condition of being immoral.
2. An immoral act or practice.

immorality [ˌɪməˈrælɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. the quality, character, or state of being immoral
2. immoral behaviour, esp in sexual matters; licentiousness; profligacy or promiscuity
3. an immoral act
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.immorality - 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"
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
unrighteousness - failure to adhere to moral principles; "forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness"
depravation, depravity, degeneracy, putrefaction, corruption - moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
corruptibility - the capability of being corrupted
licentiousness, wantonness - the quality of being lewd and lascivious
anomie, anomy - lack of moral standards in a society
wrongness - contrary to conscience or morality
evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
morality - concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct
2.immorality - morally objectionable behaviorimmorality - morally objectionable behavior      
evildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"
devilry, deviltry - wicked and cruel behavior
foul play - unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence)
irreverence, violation - a disrespectful act
sexual immorality - the evil ascribed to sexual acts that violate social conventions; "sexual immorality is the major reason for last year's record number of abortions"

immorality
Translations
immorality [ˌɪməˈrælɪtɪ] Ninmoralidad f
immorality [ˌɪməˈrælɪti] nimmoralité f
immorality
nUnmoral f; (of behaviour also)Unsittlichkeit f; (of person also)Sittenlosigkeit f; (= immoral act)Unsittlichkeit f
immorality [ˌɪməˈrælɪtɪ] nimmoralità


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Her visitors were startled and fascinated by the foreignness of this arrangement, which recalled scenes in French fiction, and architectural incentives to immorality such as the simple American had never dreamed of.
Then there was the Vicar of Ferne, a bearded, fine figure of a man: his wife had been forced to leave him because of his cruelty, and she had filled the neighbourhood with stories of his immorality.
* This convention had been called to consider public immorality and the remedy for it.
 
 
 
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