ethical : Idioms & Phrases


ethical code

  • noun a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
    ethic.
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Ethical dative

  • (Gram.), 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?
Webster 1913

ethical drug

  • noun a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
    prescription; prescription medicine; prescription drug.
    • he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly
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ethical motive

  • noun motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
    ethics; morals; morality.
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