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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Immorality \Im'mo*ral"i*ty\, noun; pl. {Immoralities}. [Cf. F. immoralit['e].]
1. The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
The root of all immorality. --Sir W. Temple.
2. An immoral act or practice.
Luxury and sloth and then a great drove of heresies and immoralities broke loose among them. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
immorality
noun
1: the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction" [ant: {morality}]
2: morally objectionable behavior [syn: {evil}, {wickedness}, {iniquity}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "immorality": amorality, backsliding, carnality, corruption, criminality, delinquency, depravity, evil, evil nature, impurity, moral delinquency, peccability, prodigality, recidivism, unangelicalness, unchastity, uncleanness, ungodliness, ungoodness, unmorality, unrighteousness, unsaintliness, unvirtuousness, vice, viciousness, wantonness, waywardness, wickedness, wrongdoing
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