delinquent vs moral

delinquent

adj
  • Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense 

  • Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan. 

noun
  • A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646). 

  • A person who has not paid their debts. 

  • One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes. 

moral

noun
  • Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct. 

  • The ethical significance or practical lesson. 

adj
  • Probable but not proved. 

  • Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour. 

  • Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment. 

  • Capable of right and wrong action. 

  • Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will. 

verb
  • To moralize. 

How often have the words delinquent and moral occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )