Mo-răl'ĭ-ty, n.

n. [Fr. moralité, Pr. moralitat, Sp. moralidad, It. moralità, Lat. moralitas.]

1. The relation of conformity or non-conformity to the true moral standard or rule; the 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 divine law, or to the principles of morals.
2. The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics.

The system of morality to be gathered from the . . . ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the gospel. Swift.

3. The practice of the moral and social duties; external virtue; as, we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question.
4. 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, &c. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII. Strutt.