- A principle - In Macbeth I could find moral principle - In Macbeth, icons held moral principle - In the thick of value system - Job attitude, work ... - Lambeth icon loses little sheep on principle - Moral
- Chastity - The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral
standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a
principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right. - The quality of an action which renders it good; the
conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right. - The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of
men in their social character; ethics. - The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life;
conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the
politeness of men whose morality we question. - A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it
consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors
representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such
plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII. - Intent; meaning; moral.
- A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or
physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects,
and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard
or model.
- Serious thought - The act of reflecting, or turning or sending back, or
the state of being reflected. - The return of rays, beams, sound, or the like, from a
surface. See Angle of reflection, below. - The reverting of the mind to that which has already
occupied it; continued consideration; meditation; contemplation; hence,
also, that operation or power of the mind by which it is conscious of
its own acts or states; the capacity for judging rationally, especially
in view of a moral rule or standard. - Shining; brightness, as of the sun. - That which is produced by reflection. - An image given back from a reflecting surface; a
reflected counterpart.