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noun the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group
noun a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
originFrom Middle English etik, ethik, from Old French ethique, from Late Latin ēthica, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), from ἠθικός (ēthikós, “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”), from ἦθος (êthos, “character, moral nature”).
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