ethic

Academic Word List, sublist 9.

About 4.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Moral, relating to morals.
2. noun A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.

   The Protestant work ethic.

3. noun The morality of an action. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Similar words

ethical code moral principle value-system value orientation moral morality ethos mores deontology ethical

Often followed by

of and is that in which was for to

Word family

code of ethics ethical ethically ethics