ethical
(adjective) conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior; “an ethical lawyer”; “ethical medical practice”; “an ethical problem”; “had no ethical objection to drinking”; “Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants”- Omar N. Bradley
ethical, honorable, honourable
(adjective) adhering to ethical and moral principles; “it seems ethical and right”; “followed the only honorable course of action”
ethical
(adjective) of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics; “ethical codes”; “ethical theories”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ethical (comparative more ethical, superlative most ethical)
(philosophy, not comparable) Of or relating to the study of ethics.
(not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.
(comparable) Morally approvable; good.
(of a drug, not comparable) Only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.
ethical (plural ethicals)
An ethical drug, one only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.
• alethic
Source: Wiktionary
Eth"ic, Eth"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. ethicus, Gr. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh to set: cf. F. Ă©thique. See So, Do.]
Definition: 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. Ethical dative (Gram.), 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
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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