| moral obligation | an obligation arising out of considerations of right and wrong, he did it out of a feeling of moral obligation |
| moral certainty | certainty based on an inner conviction, she believed in the importance of moral absolutes and moral certainty, the prosecutor had a moral certainty that the prisoner was guilty |
virtue virtuousness
moral excellence | the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong |
code of conduct
code of behavior | a set of conventional principles and expectations that are considered binding on any person who is a member of a particular group |
ethic
moral principle
value-system
value orientation | the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group, the Puritan ethic, a person with old-fashioned values |
ethics
moral philosophy | the philosophical study of moral values and rules |
| code | a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy |
access
access code | a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.) |
| area code | a number usually of digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada |
bar code
Universal Product Code | code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser, printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information |
| color code | system using colors to designate classifications |
cipher
cypher
cryptograph secret code | a secret method of writing |
Morse
Morse code
international Morse code | a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) |
ZIP code
ZIP
postcode
postal code | a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail |
| code computer code | (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCII | (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies, a string of binary digits represents each character, used in most microcomputers |
| binary code | code using a string of binary digits to represent characters |
error correction code
ECC | (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors |
machine code
machine language | a set of instructions coded so that the computer can use it directly without further translation |
| object code | the machine-language output of a compiler that is ready for execution on a particular computer |
operation code
order code | the portion of a set of operation descriptions that specifies the operation to be performed, the set of operations in a computer |
| source code | program instructions written as an ASCII text file, must be translated by a compiler or interpreter or assembler into the object code for a particular computer before execution |
Roman law
Justinian code
civil law jus civile | the legal code of ancient Rome, codified under Justinian, the basis for many modern systems of civil law |
logic bomb
slag code | a set of instructions inserted into a program that are designed to execute (or `explode') if a particular condition is satisfied, when exploded it may delete or corrupt data, or print a spurious message, or have other harmful effects, a disgruntled employee planted a logic bomb |
moral
lesson | the significance of a story or event, the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor |
| moral principle | the principle that conduct should be moral |
ethic
ethical code | a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct |
| code codification | a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones) |
| legal code | a code of laws adopted by a state or nation, a code of laws |
| penal code | the legal code governing crimes and their punishment |
United States Code
U. S. Code | a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States, is prepared and published by a unit of the United States House of Representatives |
| building code | set of standards established and enforced by local government for the structural safety of buildings |
| dress code | a set of rules specifying the correct manner of dress while on the premises of the institution (or specifying what manner of dress is prohibited) |
| fire code | set of standards established and enforced by government for fire prevention and safety in case of fire as in fire escapes etc |
sanitary code
health code | set of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etc |
| Highway Code | the code of rules governing the use of public roads |
code flag
nautical signal flag | one of an international code of flag signals used between ships |
| genetic code | the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells |
| triplet code | the normal version of the genetic code in which a sequence of three nucleotides codes for the synthesis of a specific amino acid |
moral force
dynamic | an efficient incentive, they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches |
conscience
scruples
moral sense
sense of right and wrong | motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions |
| moral hazard | (economics) the lack of any incentive to guard against a risk when you are protected against it (as by insurance), insurance companies are exposed to a moral hazard if the insured party is not honest |
code
encipher
cipher
cypher
encrypt
inscribe write in code | convert ordinary language into code, We should encode the message for security reasons |
| code | attach a code to, Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later |
| moral | concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles, moral sense, a moral scrutiny, a moral lesson, a moral quandary, moral convictions, a moral life |
| moral | psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect, a moral victory, moral support |