The relation of
conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of
an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment,
when tried by the standard of right.
The quality of an action which renders it
good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of
right.
The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or
the duties of men in their social character; ethics.
The practice of the moral duties;
rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as,
we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we
question.
A kind of allegorical play, so termed
because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between
actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice,
etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of
Henry VIII.
Intent; meaning; moral.