Thesaurus: ethical
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.
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Definitions
- a. 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.
- adj. of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics
- adj. conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior
- adj. adhering to ethical and moral principles
- 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
- j:100 a. of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics a. conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior s. adhering to ethical and moral principles