Immoral
Immoral adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Usage example: blatantly immoral behavior by members of the clergy that should not be tolerated by the community
Nearby Words: immorality, immorally
Righteous
Righteous adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.
Usage example: a righteous man can be trusted to act honorably regardless of the circumstances
Both words in one sentence
- Doing immoral or emotionally stressful things causes it to drop, while righteous behavior and fixing/coming to terms with the mistakes of your past causes it to rise.
Source: Call a Hit Point a "Smeerp" - Black and White Insanity: The Christian Values leaders Tim LaHaye, Douglas Coe and (to a lesser extent) Pat Robertson, consider themselves to be absolutely righteous and everyone opposing or disagreeing with them to be immoral, including other Christians like the Catholic Jeremiah Denton.
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