immorality

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/ɪməˈɹælɪti//ɪmɔːˈɹælɪti/

noun

The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounimmorality (usually uncountable, plural immoralities)

plural immoralities

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being immoral; vice.

    Synonyms: dishonour, indecency, turpitude, dishonour, improbity, impropriety, indecency, undecency

  2. countableusuallyAn immoral act or practice.

    وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَا آبَاءَنَا وَٱللَٰهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا

    1997, Emily Assami, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley, transl., The Qur'an (Saheeh International Translation), surah 7, verse 28

    Synonyms: turpitude

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn immoral act or practice.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct

Opposite
Broader

nounmorally objectionable behavior

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian неморалност
  • неморалност (nemoralnost)state or quality of being immoral
Catalan immoralitat
  • immoralitatstate or quality of being immoral
Czech nemorálnost
  • nemorálnoststate or quality of being immoral
Danish amoral
  • amoralstate or quality of being immoral
Finnish moraalittomuus
  • moraalittomuusstate or quality of being immoral
French immoralité
  • immoralitéstate or quality of being immoral
German Immoralität, Sittenlosigkeit
  • Immoralitätstate or quality of being immoral
  • Sittenlosigkeitstate or quality of being immoral
  • Unsittlichkeitstate or quality of being immoral
Hindi अनैतिकता
  • अनैतिकता (anaitiktā)state or quality of being immoral
Hungarian erkölcstelenség
  • erkölcstelenségstate or quality of being immoral
Icelandic siðleysi
  • siðleysistate or quality of being immoral
Italian immoralità
  • immoralitàstate or quality of being immoral
Japanese 不道徳, 背徳
  • 不道徳 (hu-dōtoku)state or quality of being immoral
  • 背徳 (haitoku)state or quality of being immoral
Norwegian Bokmål umoral, usedelighet
  • umoralstate or quality of being immoral
  • usedelighetstate or quality of being immoral
Polish niemoralność
  • niemoralnośćstate or quality of being immoral
Portuguese imoralidade
  • imoralidadestate or quality of being immoral
Romanian imoralitate
  • imoralitatestate or quality of being immoral
Spanish inmoralidad
  • inmoralidadstate or quality of being immoral
Swedish omoral, sedeslöshet
  • omoralstate or quality of being immoral
  • sedeslöshetstate or quality of being immoral
Tagalog dikasanlingan, karumhang-asal
  • dikasanlinganstate or quality of being immoral
  • karumhang-asalstate or quality of being immoral
  • dikagandahang-asalstate or quality of being immoral

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

immorality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immorality

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Chicago

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