Rectitude
Rectitude noun - Conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.
Scruples
Scruples noun - Motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- honour and rectitude
- honour and scruples
- righteousness and rectitude
- righteousness and scruples
- character and rectitude
- character and scruples
- virtue and rectitude
- virtue and scruples
- principle and rectitude
- principle and scruples
- honesty and rectitude
- honesty and scruples
- integrity and rectitude
- integrity and scruples
How words are described
| moral | moral rectitude | moral scruples |
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