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  1. a. Alt. of Ethical
  2. n. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
  3. n. a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
  4. Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy. The ethical meaning of the miracles. Trench. Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit How does my friend Celsus do
  5. n:100 n. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group n. a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct