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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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  1. 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.
  2. adj. of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics
  3. adj. conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior
  4. adj. adhering to ethical and moral principles
  5. 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
  6. 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