general moral character

  • 21character — [kar′ək tər, kar′iktər] n. [ME carecter < OFr caractère < L character, an engraving instrument < Gr charaktēr < charassein, to engrave < charax, pointed stake] 1. a distinctive mark 2. a) any letter, figure, or symbol used in… …

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  • 22Character — Char ac*ter, n. [L., an instrument for marking, character, Gr. ?, fr. ? to make sharp, to cut into furrows, to engrave: cf. F. caract[ e]re.] [1913 Webster] 1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. [1913 Webster] It were much to be… …

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  • 23moral — Pertains to character, conduct, intention, social relations, etc. 1. Pertaining or relating to the conscience or moral sense or to the general principles of right conduct. 2. Cognizable or enforceable only by the conscience or by the principles… …

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  • 24moral — Pertains to character, conduct, intention, social relations, etc. 1. Pertaining or relating to the conscience or moral sense or to the general principles of right conduct. 2. Cognizable or enforceable only by the conscience or by the principles… …

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  • 25character — The aggregate of the moral qualities which belong to and distinguish an individual person; the general result of the one s distinguishing attributes. That moral predisposition or habit, or aggregate of ethical qualities, which is believed to… …

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  • 26character — The aggregate of the moral qualities which belong to and distinguish an individual person; the general result of the one s distinguishing attributes. That moral predisposition or habit, or aggregate of ethical qualities, which is believed to… …

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  • 27moral — adj. & n. adj. 1 a concerned with goodness or badness of human character or behaviour, or with the distinction between right and wrong. b concerned with accepted rules and standards of human behaviour. 2 a conforming to accepted standards of… …

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  • 28Character (arts) — A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art (such as a novel, play, or film).[1] Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr (χαρακτήρ), the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration,[2]… …

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  • 29Moral Code of the Builder of Communism — Communist Party of the Soviet Union History Organisation …

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  • 30General Prologue, The — (ca. 1386)    Geoffrey CHAUCER’s CANTERBURY TALES opens with one of the most famous introductions in literary history, the narrative poem commonly known as the General Prologue. Composed in rhyming couplets of iambic pentameter lines, the poem… …

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