Of a person or entity, having ceased to be reputable and having instead become delinquent, criminal, or poorly behaved.
Of a region or area, having become unsafe.
Of a delinquent or criminal act, having unexpectedly become more violent than is typical for that act—having resulted in an attack on a victim leading to serious injury or death.
Of foods and commodities, having become spoiled, rotten, or otherwise unusable due to age or storage conditions.
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.
To moralize.
Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
The ethical significance or practical lesson.