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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Ethic

/ĕth'-ĭk/ · Eth·ic · IPA /ˈɛθ.ɪk/
01 a. Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epis…
  1. 1.
    Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.
    “The ethical meaning of the miracles.” — Trench.
Phrases & compounds
Ethical dative — a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?
02 n. the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, the Puritan ethic.
  1. 1.
    the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, the Puritan ethic.
  2. 2.
    a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct.
Syn. moral principle, value-system, value orientation. — Syn. -- ethical code.