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доброде́телен — meaning in English

dobrodetelen

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English meaning

  • moral adj Concerned with right and wrong behaviour, or conforming to accepted standards of good conduct.
  • righteous adj Morally right or virtuous; acting justly.
  • virtuous adj Having strong moral character; morally good.

Senses

доброде́телен is used for these senses in English:

  • moral Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
  • righteous Moral and virtuous, perhaps to the point of sanctimony.
  • virtuous Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.

moral — full definition

  1. adj Concerned with right and wrong behaviour, or conforming to accepted standards of good conduct.
  2. noun The lesson about right and wrong conduct that a story or experience teaches.
  3. noun The principles of good behaviour that guide someone's conduct (usually plural: morals).

righteous — full definition

  1. adj Morally right or virtuous; acting justly.
  2. adj Often used disapprovingly to describe someone who is self-righteously convinced of their own moral superiority.

Related Bulgarian words