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1. (adj.) ethical
pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to ethics.
2. ethical
being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice, esp. the standards of a profession.
3. ethical
(of drugs) sold only upon prescription.
Etymology: (1600–10)
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1. (adj) ethical
of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics
"ethical codes"; "ethical theories"
2. (adj) ethical
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
3. (adj) ethical, honorable, honourable
adhering to ethical and moral principles
"it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"
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1. (adjective) ethical
≠ unethical
ethical science
2. ethical
relating to ethics
ethical debate
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1. (adj) ethical
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
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Sense: of or concerning morals, justice or duty.
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 Afrikaans: sedekunde |
 Arabic: أخْلاقي |
 Bulgarian: етичен |
 Brazilian: ético |
 Czech: morální |
 German: ethisch |
 Danish: etisk; moralsk |
 Greek: ηθικός |
 Spanish: ético |
 Estonian: eetiline |
 Farsi: وابسته به اخلاقیات؛ اخلاق |
 Finnish: eettinen |
 French: moral |
 Hebrew: מוּסָרִי |
 Hindi: नैतिक |
 Croatian: etički |
 Hungarian: erkölcsi, etikai |
 Indonesian: etis |
 Icelandic: siðfræðilegur |
 Italian: etico, morale |
 Japanese: 倫理の |
 Korean: 윤리의 |
 Lithuanian: etikos, etinis |
 Latvian: ētisks |
 Malay: etika |
 Dutch: ethisch |
 Norwegian: etisk, moralsk |
 Polish: etyczny |
 Persian: وابسته به اخلاقیات؛ اخلاق |
 Pashto: اخلاقى، سم، درست، مناسب، |
 Portuguese: ético |
 Romanian: etic |
 Russian: этический |
 Slovak: morálny |
 Slovenian: etičen |
 Serbian: etički |
 Swedish: etisk |
 Thai: ที่สอดคล้องกับศัลธรรม |
 Turkish: ahlâkî, ahlâkla ilgili |
 Taiwanese: 倫理的 |
 Ukrainian: моральний, етичний |
 Urdu: اخلاقیات سے متعلق |
 Vietnamese: thuộc đạo đức |
 Chinese: 伦理的 |
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