Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word Conforming to accepted moral or professional standards, showing a sense of right and wrong.
Ethical
/ˈeθɪkəl/Synonyms:
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Examples:
Is this choice really ethical?Doctors must follow ethical rules when treating patients.
Etymology:
From the Greek word ēthikos, which relates to the branch of philosophy concerning morals, derived from ethos, meaning character or moral nature, and it became the English ethic in the late middle ages.
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