## Meanings
1. Beliefs and standards about what is right and wrong behavior.
2. A particular set of rules or principles about how people should behave.

## Examples
- The novel explores questions of morality and personal choice.
- Different cultures sometimes have a very different morality.

## Antonyms
- amorality
- immorality

## Derived Forms
- antimorality
- nonmorality
- premorality
- pseudomorality
- unmorality

## Related Forms
- moral
- morale
- moralise
- moralism
- moralize
- morals
- mores

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman moralité, Middle French moralité, from Late Latin mōrālitās (“manner, characteristic, character”), from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”), from mōs (“manner, custom”). equivalent to moral + -ity.

## AI Etymology
Morality comes from Anglo-Norman moralité, Middle French moralité, from Late Latin mōrālitās (“manner, characteristic, character”), from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”), from mōs (“manner, custom”). equivalent to moral + -ity. In present-day English its meanings include beliefs and standards about what is right and wrong behavior and a particular set of rules or principles about how people should behave. Related and derived forms include moral, morale, moralise, and antimorality.

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