noun
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the quality, character, or state of being immoral
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immoral behaviour, esp in sexual matters; licentiousness; profligacy or promiscuity
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an immoral act
Etymology
Origin of immorality
Example Sentences
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He also urged them to repeal or make substantial revisions to what he described as "problematic provisions" in the EIT Law – namely, those criminalising alleged immorality, defamation and hate speech.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025
It’s all there in the Reuters reporting, and there is no need to expatiate on the obvious immorality of the operation, quite apart from its colossal stupidity.
From Salon • Aug. 3, 2024
Throughout the film, several characters, namely Lucy Gray and Sejanus, try to convince those around them of the immorality of the Hunger Games.
From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2023
Many in Arab countries, he said, associate lack of religion with immorality and see it as a threat.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023
Ill And they inevitably move into more and more, worse and worse, illegality and immorality.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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