нра́вственность — meaning in English

English meaning

• moral adj Concerned with right and wrong behaviour, or conforming to accepted standards of good conduct.
• morality noun The distinction between right and wrong, and the principles that guide good behaviour.

Senses

нра́вственность is used for these senses in English:

• moral (chiefly, in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
• morality (countable) A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct.
• morality (countable) A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not.

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).

morality — full definition

1. noun The distinction between right and wrong, and the principles that guide good behaviour.
2. noun A particular set of beliefs, customs, or rules about acceptable conduct.

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