Definitions for ethical

ethical eth·i·cal

Spelling: [eth-i-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈɛθ ɪ kəl/

Ethical is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in ethical (acehilt).

Definitions for ethical

adjective

  1. pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  2. being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice, especially the standards of a profession:
  3. (of drugs) sold only upon medical prescription.

Origin of ethical

First recorded in 1600-10; ethic + -al1

Examples for ethical

The Ralph Retort, a paragon of ethical journalism websites, decided to make crowdsourcing stuff to discredit me into a project.

As uncovered by the climate blog desmogblog, the ethical Oil meme dates to a 2010 book by Ezra Levant.

The founders of ethical Oil, and opechatesgays, are Hamish Marshall and his wife, Kathryn Marshall.

It is for you, gentlemen, to see that moral and ethical progress is unbroken.

Tears, of course, except in the privacy of one's closet, were not ethical on the Street.

Daniels says, championing the plight of an ethical news producer.

But it is also a rejoinder to the view, which I expressed, that ethical norms are paramount.

Beneath the surface of his jokes there is moral earnestness, there is ethical passion.

He might as well say that John Bunyan was deficient in ethical instincts.

They have all provided ways and means for our ethical evolution.

Word Value for ethical
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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