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moral codes

moral codes is the plural of moral code.

Meaning of moral code

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

Questions about moral codes

What is moral codes the plural of?
Moral codes is the plural of moral code.

Words near moral codes in the dictionary

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

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