immorality

[ im-uh-ral-i-tee, im-aw- ]

noun

, plural im·mo·ral·i·ties.

1. immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness.
2. sexual misconduct.
3. an immoral act.

immorality

/ ˌɪməˈrælɪtɪ /

noun

1. the quality, character, or state of being immoral
2. immoral behaviour, esp in sexual matters; licentiousness; profligacy or promiscuity
3. an immoral act

Word History and Origins

Origin of immorality¹

First recorded in 1560–70; immoral + -ity

Example Sentences

The series, which ran from 1999 to 2006, depicted Washington as a place where despite the politicking and immorality, the Constitution prevailed.

From Los Angeles Times

What we're in is a complete crisis of the whole basis of how we make decisions, and the short-termism and the irrationality and immorality of those decisions.

From Salon

By luring people to promote delusions for MAGA, Trump is breeding an immorality and cynicism that cannot help but cause mental and emotional rot in the people who go along with it.

From Salon

It’s all there in the Reuters reporting, and there is no need to expatiate on the obvious immorality of the operation, quite apart from its colossal stupidity.

From Salon

Security forces characterised women's demands for equality and non-discrimination as a "willingness to get naked" and "spreading immorality", justifying sexual violence on the basis that this was "the freedom they wanted", the report said.

From BBC

Related Words

• criminality
• delinquency
• depravity
• dereliction
• illegality
• lawlessness
• malfeasance
• misconduct
• misdeed
• transgression
• wrongdoing