Standard Lemma guide

immorality

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪməˈɹælɪti/
  • /ɪmɔːˈɹælɪti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ælɪti
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M ER0 AE1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dishonour, indecency, turpitude, immorality, improbity, impropriety, undecency, ungodliness, unhonour, unprobity, unpropriety, unrighteousness, unrightfulness, unsaintliness, unseemliness, unuprightness, unvirtuousness, wickedness

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An immoral act or practice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: turpitude

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

morally objectionable behavior

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: evil, wickedness, iniquity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transgression, evildoing

Narrower terms: deviltry, devilry, foul play, irreverence, violation, sexual immorality

4

noun

Meaning 4

the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: morality

Broader terms: quality

Narrower terms: unrighteousness, corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction, corruptibility, licentiousness, wantonness, anomie, anomy, wrongness, evil, evilness

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: əxlaqsızlıq — state or quality of being immoral
  • Bulgarian: неморалност (nemoralnost) — state or quality of being immoral
  • Catalan: immoralitat — state or quality of being immoral
  • Czech: nemorálnost — state or quality of being immoral
  • Danish: amoral — state or quality of being immoral
  • Farefare: yalsɩ — state or quality of being immoral
  • Faroese: siðloysi — state or quality of being immoral
  • Finnish: moraalittomuus — state or quality of being immoral
  • French: immoralité — state or quality of being immoral
  • German: Immoralität — state or quality of being immoral
  • German: Sittenlosigkeit — state or quality of being immoral
  • German: Unsittlichkeit — state or quality of being immoral
  • Hindi: अनैतिकता (anaitiktā) — state or quality of being immoral
  • Hungarian: erkölcstelenség — state or quality of being immoral
  • Icelandic: siðleysi — state or quality of being immoral
  • Italian: immoralità — state or quality of being immoral
  • Japanese: 不道徳 (hu-dōtoku) — state or quality of being immoral
  • Japanese: 背徳 (haitoku) — state or quality of being immoral
  • Eastern Mari: лавыра (lavyra) — state or quality of being immoral
  • Middle English: unhoneste — state or quality of being immoral
  • Norwegian Bokmål: umoral — state or quality of being immoral
  • Norwegian Bokmål: usedelighet — state or quality of being immoral
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: umoral — state or quality of being immoral
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sedløyse — state or quality of being immoral
  • Polish: niemoralność — state or quality of being immoral
  • Portuguese: imoralidade — state or quality of being immoral
  • Romanian: imoralitate — state or quality of being immoral
  • Spanish: inmoralidad — state or quality of being immoral
  • Swedish: omoral — state or quality of being immoral
  • Swedish: sedeslöshet — state or quality of being immoral
  • Tagalog: dikasanlingan — state or quality of being immoral
  • Tagalog: karumhang-asal — state or quality of being immoral
  • Tagalog: dikagandahang-asal — state or quality of being immoral
  • Ottoman Turkish: فساد (fesâd) — state or quality of being immoral