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moral code

moral code noun: a written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.

Noun

moral code (plural moral codes)

  1. A written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.
    • When the moral code that requires service to the public good decays, the legitimacy of the state collapses.2020 November 27, Charles Hugh Smith, Moral Decay Leads to Collapse

moral code meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

moral code in Tamil

ஒழுக்கநெறி

moral code in Vietnamese

set of rules prescribing behavior
bộ quy tắc đạo đức

Forms of moral code

pluralmoral codes

Questions about moral code

What does moral code mean?
Moral code means a written, formal, and consistent set of rules prescribing righteous behavior, accepted by a person or by a group of people.
What is moral code in Tamil?
Moral code in Tamil is ஒழுக்கநெறி. See Moral code meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is moral code?
Moral code is a noun.
What is the plural of moral code?
The plural of moral code is moral codes.

Words near moral code in the dictionary

  1. moral bankruptcy
  2. moral certainties
  3. moral certainty
  4. moral circle
  5. moral circles
  6. moral code
  7. moral codes
  8. moral compass
  9. moral compasses
  10. moral distress
  11. moral diversities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moral code (page history and authors); moral code (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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