1 [U] principles concerning right and wrong or good and bad behaviour:
matters of public / private morality * Standards of morality seem to be dropping.
2 [U] the degree to which sth is right or wrong, good or bad, etc. according to moral principles:
a debate on the morality of abortion
3 [U] a system of moral principles followed by a particular group of people:
Christian morality
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