moral compassnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌmɒr.əl ˈkʌm.pəs/us/ˌmɔːr.əl ˈkʌm.pəs/a natural feeling that makes people know what is right and wrong and how they should behave:
Some people believe that the increase in crime shows that society is losing its moral compass.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Morality and rules of behaviour
- antisocial
- bioethics
- book
- claim
- conscience
- decency
- double standard
- moralize
- morally
- norm
- object lesson
- precept
- social contract
- spirit
- the rights and wrongs idiom
- the ways of the world idiom
- two wrongs don't make a right idiom
- value
- voice
- wrong
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