immoralities
Acts against conscience
Immoralities are acts that violate moral standards—behaviors considered wrong, sinful, or ethically unacceptable.
The word often appears in contexts of sexual misconduct or corruption: The preacher railed against the immoralities of modern society.
What counts as immoral varies by culture, era, and belief system.
Violation of law or code
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
- impietyIrreverence toward the divine
ungodliness · irreverence · profanity · defilement · unrighteousness · trespass · wrongdoing · abomination
Corruption or deviant distortion
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- degeneracyMoral or physical decline
- turpitudeInherent wickedness or vileness
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
licentiousness · profligacy · dissipation · libertinism · sordidness · vileness · corruption · dissolution
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- extortionObtaining through threats
nepotism · cronyism · money laundering · malfeasance · misconduct · profiteering · collusion · racketeering
Betting on uncertain results
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
lust · envy · wrath · sloth · avarice · lechery · excess · indulgence
Authoritative legal ban
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- disgraceLoss of honor
scandal · haram · verboten · untouchable · unmentionable · anathema · incest · cannibalism
transgression
Violation of law or code
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
impiety · ungodliness · irreverence · profanity · defilement · unrighteousness · trespass · wrongdoing · abomination · apostasy
perversion
Corruption or deviant distortion
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- degeneracyMoral or physical decline
- turpitudeInherent wickedness or vileness
debauchery · licentiousness · profligacy · dissipation · libertinism · sordidness · vileness · corruption · dissolution · carnality
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
extortion · nepotism · cronyism · money laundering · malfeasance · misconduct · profiteering · collusion · racketeering · fraud
gambling
Betting on uncertain results
- prostitutionCommercial sexual services
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- gluttonyGreedy excess in consumption
greed · lust · envy · wrath · sloth · avarice · lechery · excess · indulgence · drunkenness
prohibition
Authoritative legal ban
disgrace · scandal · haram · verboten · untouchable · unmentionable · anathema · incest · cannibalism · desecration
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Positive moral traits
moralities · righteousness · goodness · ethics · rectitude
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Recognition for achievement
honorableness · respectability · decorum · propriety · dignities
immoralitiesdecencies
Standards of acceptable conduct
proprieties · decorum · respectability · seemliness · correctness
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