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Violation of moral laws adapted by societal standards
Immorality is the violation of moral laws, norms or standards. It refers to an agent doing or thinking something they know or believe to be wrong. Immorality
Immorality
Anti-miscegenation law in apartheid South Africa
Immorality Act was the title of two acts of the Parliament of South Africa which prohibited, amongst other things, sexual relations between white people
Immorality_Act
Standard, doctrine or system of conduct
universal moral principles, holding that no universal morality exists. Immorality is the active opposition to morality (i.e., opposition to that which is
Morality
1928 film
Immorality (German: Unmoral) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Ellen Richter, Nicolas Rimsky and Georg Alexander. Ellen
Immorality_(film)
South African legislation
The Sexual Offences Act, 1957 (Act No. 23 of 1957, originally the Immorality Act, 1957) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa which, in its current
Sexual_Offences_Act,_1957
South Africa apartheid law
1949. Subsequent legislation, especially the Population Registration and Immorality Acts of 1950, facilitated its implementation by requiring all individuals
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949
Prohibition_of_Mixed_Marriages_Act,_1949
South African law that prohibited extramarital sex between whites and other races
The Immorality Act, 1927 (Act No. 5 of 1927) was an act of the Parliament of South Africa that prohibited extramarital sex between white people and people
Immorality_Act,_1927
Act of the Parliament of South Africa
The Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act, 1985 (Act No. 72 of 1985) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that repealed the
Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act, 1985
Immorality_and_Prohibition_of_Mixed_Marriages_Amendment_Act,_1985
19th-century English society to promote public morality
Suppression of Vice, formerly the Proclamation Society Against Vice and Immorality, or simply Proclamation Society, was a 19th-century English society dedicated
Society for the Suppression of Vice
Society_for_the_Suppression_of_Vice
1698 pamphlet
A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage was an anti-theatre pamphlet published in March 1698 by the clergyman Jeremy Collier
Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage
Short_View_of_the_Immorality_and_Profaneness_of_the_English_Stage
Cities destroyed by God in the Book of Genesis
inhospitality, and oppression of the poor, rather than explicitly sexual immorality. References in the New Testament, including Matthew, Luke, Jude, and Revelation
Sodom_and_Gomorrah
Set of vices in Christian theology
towards those who love God. The other deadly sins are sins of committing immorality; by contrast, sloth is a sin of avoiding responsibilities. The sin may
Seven_deadly_sins
1910 law of the United States Congress
immoral purpose". Its primary stated intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes
Mann_Act
Inappropriate conduct or illegal actions by police in official capacity
Police misconduct is inappropriate conduct and illegal actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties. Types of misconduct include
Police_misconduct
Sexual stimulation of one's own genitals
inadmissibility of that unnatural use", but ultimately concluded that its immorality lay in the fact that "a man gives up his personality ... when he uses
Masturbation
Country in West Asia
organizers' arrest and the cancellation of the conference for "inciting immorality." General Security Forces shut down the 2018 conference and indefinitely
Lebanon
Founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
"admirable concision". Pastoret writes that the common accusations of his immorality are unfounded: on the contrary, his law enjoins sobriety, generosity,
Muhammad
Hostility or prejudice towards Catholics
sociocultural, based on claims that the Church fosters or enables forms of immorality. Following the Reformation, a number of majority-Protestant states, including
Anti-Catholicism
indecent shows, or other similar material or portrayals that advocate human immorality, obscenity, and indecency. Philippine legislation penalizes participation
Pornography and erotica in the Philippines
Pornography_and_erotica_in_the_Philippines
South African system of racial segregation
the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949, followed closely by the Immorality Amendment Act of 1950, which made it illegal for most South African citizens
Apartheid
Character from The Wire
wider emotional range than the other gangsters, situation and fate. The immorality and ruthlessness of the drug trade gradually wears on D'Angelo's conscience
D'Angelo_Barksdale
American murderer and body snatcher (1906–1984)
nominally Lutheran, frequently preached to her sons about the innate immorality of the world, the evils of drinking and her belief that all women were
Ed_Gein
controversial content, such as racism, copyright violation, and underage immorality. Censorship standards vary widely by country, and can vary within an individual
List_of_banned_films
the country. The Immorality Act, 1927 prohibited extramarital sex between "Europeans" and "natives". This was redefined by the Immorality Amendment Act,
Prostitution_in_South_Africa
Russian-American writer (1905–1982)
Union", and author Gore Vidal called her viewpoint "nearly perfect in its immorality". These reviews set the pattern for reaction to her ideas among liberal
Ayn_Rand
American film era (1920s–1930s)
American Catholics launched a campaign against what they deemed the immorality of American cinema. Known as the Legion of Decency (formally, the National
Pre-Code_Hollywood
U.S. anti-gay political coalition formed in 1977
the law, telling the Dade County Commission, "The ordinance condones immorality and discriminates against my children's rights to grow up in a healthy
Save_Our_Children
1700 play by William Congreve
Initially, however, the play struck many audience members as continuing the "immorality" of the previous decades, and was not well received. Public perception
The_Way_of_the_World
Verse of the New Testament
as: But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman
Matthew_5:32
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 to 2026
September 2015. "Iran's Khamenei says homosexuality example of West's immorality". Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 18
Ali_Khamenei
of the officer (demise as in their commission of a sufficiently grave immorality and/or legal crime). addendum thing to be added i.e., an item to be added
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
Moral laws in Judaism
prohibitions against worshipping idols, cursing God, murder, adultery and sexual immorality, theft, eating flesh torn from a living animal, as well as the obligation
Seven_Laws_of_Noah
Doctrine in Christian theology
Paul the Apostle: "Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry"
Mortification_(theology)
German state from 1933 to 1945
the ensuing years, often on trumped-up charges of currency smuggling or immorality. Several Catholic leaders were targeted in the 1934 Night of the Long
Nazi_Germany
Sexual activity between close relatives
Sacrament of Matrimony. For the Catholic Church, at the heart of the immorality of incest is the corruption and disordering of proper family relations
Incest
Chinese religious leader and dissident (born 1951 or 1952)
walk the Earth and are responsible for introducing technology, war, and immorality. Li says that he is a being who has come to help humankind from the destruction
Li_Hongzhi
1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
However, when prompted in a 1967 interview with: "Your sense of the immorality of the relationship between Humbert Humbert and Lolita is very strong
Lolita
Province in Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
ISBN 0-674-01137-6, p. 111. Doherty, Thomas Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930–1934, New York: Columbia University
Bali
Topics referred to by the same term
various kinds of misconduct: Inappropriateness, conduct seen as unethical Immorality Obscenity Vulgarity A complex random variable not being proper Appearance
Impropriety
Criminal Code: Chapter 3 - Immorality & Prostitution Article 324 - Entices or assists another to commit an act of immorality or prostitution (unspecified
Prostitution_in_Bahrain
Japanese anime television series
being insulted by others and often runs away from such, often committing immoralities in the process. This fear is also what drove him to abandon Shinji. He
Neon_Genesis_Evangelion
American street preacher
2022, Smock continued preaching. Her sermons frequently touch on sexual immorality and employ rhetoric against fornication, homosexuality, illicit substances
Sister_Cindy
Political theorist and editor
Punished Immorality." The Harvard Crimson, December 9, 2002. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/12/9/secret-court-rightly-punished-immorality-to/ Kenyon
Gladden_Pappin
Principles that govern the operation of equity within English law
Maxims of equity or equitable maxims are legal maxims that serve as a set of general principles or rules that illustrate the way in which equity operates
Maxims_of_equity
Italian film festival in 1958
September 1958. No OCIC Award was given this year due to the "unusual immorality" of the films. Jean Grémillon, French filmmaker - Jury President Carlos
19th Venice International Film Festival
19th_Venice_International_Film_Festival
American murderer of her own children (born 1971)
Runs Wide and Deep : The Smith case is remarkable, too, for its rank immorality". LA Times. Retrieved May 12, 2024. Pergament, Rachel. "Susan Smith Child
Susan_Smith
U.S. state
particularly heinous accusations of abdication of government and general immorality were leveled by former associate justice William W. Drummond, among others
Utah
1938 annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany
von Papen, the court noted that his actions were in its view political immoralities but not crimes under its charter. Seyss-Inquart was convicted of other
Anschluss
28 October 2023. Warden, Adam (15 August 2024). "Israel's systematic immorality and terror contradict its claims of self-defence". Middle East Monitor
Israeli_war_crimes
Genre of rock music
which undermined ‘the communist upbringing of young people; encouraging immorality and decadence; and weakening economic performance.’ This meant that ‘a
Heavy_metal_music
Male sibling
the action of doing good once imitated: "Once the habits of ethics or immorality become entrenched, they are difficult to break." The good habits that
Brother
Jamaican activist and orator (1887–1940)
of Jamaica and you will see there villainy and vice of the worst kind, immorality, obeah and all kinds of dirty things[…] Kingston and its environs are
Marcus_Garvey
Unidentified serial killer in London in 1888
influenced public perceptions that Whitechapel was a notorious den of immorality. These perceptions were strengthened in 1888 when the series of vicious
Jack_the_Ripper
Prophet in the Book of Numbers
Subsequently, the plan to entice the Israelites into idol worship and sexual immorality is attributed to him. Balaam is also mentioned in the Book of Micah, the
Balaam
Florentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist (1469–1527)
the spirit of Machiavelli himself: he questioned the effectiveness of immorality in politics. Gentillet, like many of Machiavelli's critics, ultimately
Niccolò_Machiavelli
2026 documentary film by Adrian Choa
needling prove no match for an online culture defined by its apathetic immorality". The review stated that Theroux's attempts to intellectualise his interviewees'
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
Louis_Theroux:_Inside_the_Manosphere
it as "infringement on the rights of women and official condoning of immorality". After Federation, criminal law was left in the hands of the states,
Prostitution_in_Australia
Ruler of the Titans in Greek mythology
time had no need for laws or rules; everyone did the right thing, and immorality was absent. In some authors, a different divine pair, Ophion and Eurynome
Cronus
European cultural movement
religion attacked materialism and skepticism as evil forces that encouraged immorality. By 1794, they pointed to the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
Age_of_Enlightenment
This is a partial list of known or supposed Italian loanwords, or Italianisms, in English. A separate list of terms used in music can be found at List
List of English words of Italian origin
List_of_English_words_of_Italian_origin
American TV personality and sex offender (born 1988)
.. the last few years, while publicly stating I was fighting against immorality in our country I was hiding my own personal failures". Later in the day
Josh_Duggar
as Islamist movements and governments employed polemics against public immorality. After sharia-based criminal laws were widely replaced by European-inspired
Women_in_Islam
South African comedian (born 1984)
relations and marriages were decriminalized a year after his birth, when the Immorality Act was amended in 1985. Patricia and her mother, Nomalizo Frances Noah
Trevor_Noah
Philosophical dichotomy
prevail and evil should be defeated. Evil is often used to denote profound immorality. Evil has also been described as a supernatural force. Definitions of
Good_and_evil
Sanskrit antonym of dharma
include betrayal, discord, disharmony, unnaturalness, wrongness, evil, immorality, unrighteousness, wickedness, and vice. Adharma (Sanskrit: अधर्म) is derived
Adharma
American murderer (1950–1992)
his book on Clinton, No One Left to Lie To, to what he regards as the immorality of the then Democratic candidate's decision to condone, and take political
Rickey_Ray_Rector
Largest city in Tuscany, Italy
for his penitential sermons, lambasting what he viewed as widespread immorality and attachment to material riches. He praised the exile of the Medici
Florence
2024 Australian TV series
February 2024). "Stan Drama 'Prosper' Confronts Collision of Faith and Immorality". Hope 103.2. Retrieved 16 October 2024. Knox, David (16 January 2024)
Prosper_(TV_series)
1930 American documentary film
Goona-goona epic Doherty, Thomas Patrick (1999). Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930–1934. New York: Columbia University
Africa_Speaks!
society in this spiritual low water mark in history is the question of immorality, and over-emphasis of sex. Homosexuality, according to the Writings of
Religion_and_LGBTQ_people
Formal disaffiliation from the Christian religion
sons of Israel to eat foods sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual-immorality. (DLNT) Heinz Giesen, in the Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament
Apostasy_in_Christianity
Austrian economist and philosopher (1899–1992)
harder-working, more virtuous—yes, more virtuous, because the market punishes immorality—and more hopeful about the future than they've ever been in their history
Friedrich_Hayek
Culturally recognised union between people
1949 prohibited marriage between persons of different races, and the Immorality Act of 1950 made sexual relations with a person of a different race a
Marriage
Biblical priest and prophet who opposed the heresy of Peor
Shittim with his zeal against the heresy of Peor. Displeased with the immorality with which the Moabites and Midianites had successfully tempted the Israelites
Phinehas
Attitudes and behaviors towards sex in ancient Rome
1086/449558. JSTOR 1215514. Edwards, Catharine (1993). The Politics of Immorality in Ancient Rome. Cambridge University Press. Fantham, Elaine (2011). "Stuprum:
Sexuality_in_ancient_Rome
English occultist (1875–1947)
Morgan, Mogg (2011). "The Heart of Thelema: Morality, Amorality, and Immorality in Aleister Crowley's Thelemic Cult". The Pomegranate: The International
Aleister_Crowley
Religious wars of the High Middle Ages
in the West and Western Christians mostly blamed the Franks' alleged immorality. Pope Nicholas IV appealed to Edward I of England to lead a new crusade
Crusades
Terrorist acts by groups of individuals who profess Islamic motivations or goals
These include issues such as the proliferation of pornography, perceived immorality, and the acceptance of homosexuality and feminism. An example of this
Islamic_terrorism
Bangladeshi serial killer
Criminal status Imprisoned (deceased) Children 1 Motive Resentment of "immorality" Criminal charge Murder Details Victims 6 Span of crimes 2025–2026 Country
Psycho_Samrat
1954 novel by William Golding
individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, and between morality and immorality. These themes have been explored in an essay by American literary critic
Lord_of_the_Flies
Volume of poetry by Charles Baudelaire
controversial upon publication, with six of its poems censored due to their immorality, it is now considered a major work of French poetry. The poems in Les
Les_Fleurs_du_mal
Family of carnivoran mammals
while West African folklore generally shows the hyena as symbolizing immorality, dirty habits, the reversal of normal activities, and other negative traits
Hyena
1829–1848 series of novels by Honoré de Balzac
which[clarification needed] highlights the complexity of people and the deep immorality of a social mechanism where the weak are crushed while the crooked banker
La_Comédie_humaine
Topics referred to by the same term
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Diabolical may refer to: Evil, the profound immorality, especially when regarded as a supernatural force, for example in religious
Diabolical
Biblical figure; Phoenician princess and wife of Ahab
seduction, she misled the saints of God into sins of idolatry and sexual immorality. In particular, Christians associated Jezebel with promiscuity and the
Jezebel
Communal religious society in Michigan, US
various factions in the 1920s, after Benjamin Purnell was accused of sexual immorality. Today, only a handful of members remain. In 1888 the Purnells discovered
House_of_David_(commune)
Vernichtung des Michail Bulgakow Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act George Moorse Hanna Schygulla, Günther Kaufmann Drama Strafsache gegen
List of German films of the 1970s
List_of_German_films_of_the_1970s
narrative about "traditional values" of Russia as juxtaposed with the "immorality" of the Western world, and the subsequent civilizational mission of Russia
LGBTQ people in the Russo-Ukrainian war
LGBTQ_people_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war
1848–1870 consolidation of Italian states
Holy See was a "historical lie, a political imposture, and a religious immorality". In early March 1849, Giuseppe Mazzini arrived in Rome and was appointed
Unification_of_Italy
1797 novel written by the Marquis de Sade
her learning with a verbal, yet highly detailed, catalogue of alleged immoralities committed by his papal predecessors. Their conversation ends (like nearly
Juliette_(novel)
State of living together as spouses while unmarried
sexual desire of the female slaves and thereby prevented the spread of immorality in the Muslim community." Most Islamic schools of thought restricted concubinage
Concubinage
1998 American film
out-of-work actor Phil, Eddie and Mickey live a life of decadence and immorality. Eddie is in love with Darlene, but she is also seeing the married Mickey
Hurlyburly_(film)
1849–1850 novel by Charles Dickens
of Urania Cottage, a home for young women who had "turned to a life of immorality", including theft and prostitution. On the eve of her wedding to her cousin
David_Copperfield
Homosexuality in itself is thus nowhere condemned as licentiousness, as immorality, as social disorder, or as transgressing any human or divine law. Anyone
LGBTQ_history
Legal age for sexual consent in Africa
"unnatural sexual acts", the Immorality Act also criminalised sexual intercourse between a man and a boy under sixteen. The Immorality Amendment Act, 1969, which
Age_of_consent_in_Africa
include vulgar and nasty figures and does not encourage depravity and immorality." "Miniature and other paintings which do not popularize depravity and
Shi'ite_iconography
Apartheid law of 1906 in South Africa
Works Act (1911) Natives Land Act (1913) Natives (Urban Areas) Act (1923) Immorality Act (1927) Native Administration Act (1927) Women's Enfranchisement Act
Asiatic_Registration_Act
Type of dark facial mark
concern about the wearing of beauty patches, and linked it to sexual immorality and prostitution. The British diarist and intellectual John Evelyn referred
Beauty_mark
Accessed October 1, 2019. Walther, Matthew (February 7, 2019). "The immorality of layoffs". theweek. Retrieved December 17, 2024. Johnson, Martin (June
Cultural impact of Michael Jackson
Cultural_impact_of_Michael_Jackson
Controversies surrounding nuclear attacks
educationalists have argued that their country's failure to accept the profound immorality of the attacks and to understand the suffering they caused has led to
Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Debate_over_the_atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Lampkin.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Enter, Admission
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Explanation; Detail; Paraphrase
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, Hindu, Indian, Jamaican, Latin, Marathi, Swedish
Praiseworthy; Female Version of Anthony; Abbreviation of Antonia and Antoinette; Beyond Price; Invaluable; Priceless
Boy/Male
Arabic
Another Name for God
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a late variant of the Norman personal name Baldwin.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu, Traditional
Fragrance; S a Light of Success; Gentle Smell; Sweet Fragrance
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Japanese, Marathi, Sanskrit
Broad
Girl/Female
British, English
Goddess of the Deep
Boy/Male
Arabic Muslim
Skilled.
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n.
The state or quality of being immoral; vice.
pl.
of Immorality
n.
The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.
adv.
With a disposition to impute immorality or wrong.
n.
An immoral act or practice.
v. t.
To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality.
n.
A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance.