noun
1. the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
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the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction
• Ant: ↑morality
• Derivationally related forms: ↑immoral
• Hypernyms: ↑quality
• Hyponyms:
↑unrighteousness, ↑corruption, ↑degeneracy, ↑depravation, ↑depravity, ↑putrefaction, ↑corruptibility, ↑licentiousness, ↑wantonness, ↑anomie, ↑anomy, ↑wrongness, ↑evil, ↑evilness
2. morally objectionable behavior
• Syn: ↑evil, ↑wickedness, ↑iniquity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑iniquitous (for: ↑iniquity), ↑wicked (for: ↑wickedness)
• Hypernyms: ↑transgression, ↑evildoing
• Hyponyms: ↑deviltry, ↑devilry, ↑foul play, ↑irreverence, ↑violation, ↑sexual immorality
Useful english dictionary. 2012.