ethical : Idioms & Phrases
ethical code
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noun a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
ethic.
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Ethical dative
(Gram.) , a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?
Webster 1913
ethical drug
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noun a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
prescription; prescription medicine; prescription drug.
- he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly
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ethical motive
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noun motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
ethics; morals; morality.