A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
The act or process of contaminating
Something which contaminates.
The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.
A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not.
A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct.
A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
Moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
A morality play.
Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.