sense of right and wrong

sense of right and wrong
index conscience, ethics, responsibility (conscience)

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  • sense of right and wrong — noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person s thoughts and actions • Syn: ↑conscience, ↑scruples, ↑moral sense • Hypernyms: ↑ethical motive, ↑ethics, ↑morals, ↑morality …   Useful english dictionary

  • sense of duty — noun a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility • Syn: ↑sense of shame • Hypernyms: ↑conscience, ↑scruples, ↑moral sense, ↑sense of right and wrong …   Useful english dictionary

  • sense of shame — noun a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility • Syn: ↑sense of duty • Hypernyms: ↑conscience, ↑scruples, ↑moral sense, ↑sense of right and wrong …   Useful english dictionary

  • right — As a noun, and taken in an abstract sense, means justice, ethical correctness, or consonance with the rules of law or the principles of morals. In this signification it answers to one meaning of the Latin jus, and serves to indicate law in the… …   Black's law dictionary

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  • right — / rīt/ n [Old English riht, from riht righteous] 1 a: qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b: something that is morally just able to… …   Law dictionary

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  • moral sense — noun motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person s thoughts and actions • Syn: ↑conscience, ↑scruples, ↑sense of right and wrong • Hypernyms: ↑ethical motive, ↑ethics, ↑morals, ↑morality …   Useful english dictionary

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