Ethic
Ethic , adjective
[Latin ethicus, Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} custom, usage, character, dwelling; akin to {not transcribed} custom, Gothic sidus, German sitte, Sanskrit svadh{not transcribed}, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh{not transcribed} to set: compare French éthique. See So, Do.]
Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing precepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.
The ethical meaning of the miracles.
Collocations (1)
Ethical dative (Grammar) , a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?
Also: Ethical
ethic (eth"ik) , noun
1.
the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; as, the Puritan ethic.
2.
a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct.