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When something is aberrant, it is unusual, not socially acceptable, or a departure from the norm.
Candor is the quality of being honest and open in speech or action.
You describe someone as a charlatan if they pretend to have special knowledge or skill that they don’t actually possess.
If you employ chicanery, you are devising and carrying out clever plans and trickery to cheat and deceive people.
A chivalrous man behaves in a polite, kind, generous, and honorable way, especially towards women.
A man who is debonair is sophisticated, charming, friendly, and confident.
Decorous appearance or behavior is respectable, polite, and appropriate for a given occasion.
A degenerate person is immoral, wicked, or corrupt.
When someone’s conduct is deplorable, it is shameful, very unacceptable, or really bad.
Something, such as a building, is derelict if it is empty, not used, and in bad condition or disrepair.
When someone’s behavior is deviating, they do things differently by departing or straying from their usual way of acting.
Someone who is disingenuous is not straightforward or is dishonest in what they say or do.
If you refer to the enormity of a situation, problem, or event, you mean that it is very evil or morally offensive; this word has nothing to do with physical size.
Errant things or people behave in a way that is unacceptable or wrong, such as a missile that travels in the wrong direction or a student who does not follow classroom rules.
Someone who is hypocritical pretends to be a person they are not.
Someone who is indiscreet shows lack of judgment, especially because they say or do things in public that should only be said or done privately—if at all.
People who are ingenuous are excessively trusting and believe almost everything that people tell them, especially because they have not had much life experience.
Iniquity is an immoral act, wickedness, or evil.
When someone has integrity, they do the right thing, no matter what; therefore, they are an honest and good person.
An irreproachable person is very honest and so morally upright that their behavior cannot be criticized.
Kitsch is cheap and showy art that sometimes amuses people because of its bad taste; it is often an inferior imitation of existing sophisticated art styles that have true value.
Legerdemain is the skillful use of one’s hands or the employment of another form of cleverness for the purpose of deceiving someone.
A malapropism is an unintentional and usually humorous mistake you make when you use a word that sounds similar to the word you actually intended to use but means something completely different.
Something or someone that is maleficent deliberately tries to cause harm or evil.
A malevolent person or thing is evil due to deliberate attempts to cause harm.
Malfeasance is an unlawful act, especially one committed by a trusted public official.
Malice is a type of hatred that causes a strong desire to harm others both physically and emotionally.
A mendacious person does not tell the truth.
A social norm is the standard, model, or rule by which people conduct themselves.
A peccadillo is a slight or minor offense that can be overlooked.
If you prevaricate, you avoid giving a direct or honest answer, usually because you want to hide the truth or want to delay or avoid making a hard decision.
Probity is very moral and honest behavior.
Someone who is profligate is lacking in restraint, which can manifest in carelessly and wastefully using resources, such as energy or money; this kind of person can also act in an immoral way.
Propriety is behaving in a socially acceptable and appropriate way.
Protocol is the rules of conduct or proper behavior that a social situation demands.
A rapscallion is a young rascal, naughty child, or an older person who is dishonest and a scoundrel.
Recidivism is someone’s falling back into an undesirable activity—especially crime—after they had temporarily refrained from committing such acts.
If you commit a solecism, you make an error of some kind, such as one of a grammatical or social nature.
An unprincipled person is immoral, not ethical, or dishonest; therefore, they often do things that are wrong.
The veracity of something is its truthfulness.
The verity of something is the truth or reality of it.
A vicious person is corrupt, violent, aggressive, and highly immoral.
Something vile is evil, very unpleasant, horrible, or extremely bad.
Noun
rectitude
REK-ti-tood
Context
In a purposeful act of moral rectitude, the young boy turned in the wallet full of money that he had found on the road to the police station. Keeping the money might have been fun at first, but the boy’s inner rectitude or moral goodness would not allow him to keep something that was not his. The police sergeant praised the young fellow for his honest behavior and rectitude—and gave him a small financial reward.
Quiz:Try again!
How would you know if your new manager possesses rectitude?
They are firm and unbending in every decision they make.
They have a lot of years of experience as a manager.
They are honest and fair in the way they manage things.
Recreated Attitude Although I once was a bad boy, my recreated attitude towards life has given me a sense of moral rectitude--and so now I'm a good boy.
Examples
The school has the immaculate cheeriness of a merry monastery, and students in well-pressed blazers and ties give the place a look of impeccable rectitude.
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Sports Illustrated
The scandal strikes at the heart of the academy's reputation for rectitude, espoused by its own moral code, which is literally etched in stone: “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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USA Today
If there is a silver lining in the crisis, it is that fiscal rectitude can set the stage for more sustainable economic growth.
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The Christian Science Monitor
Rectitude is the “state or quality of being ruled, guided, or directed” in the correct moral way.
Word Theater
Count Duckula Since strong forces—such as goodness and rectitude—are on their side, the vampires in the castle don't stand a chance . . . right?
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