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moral compass

[mawr-uhl kuhm-puhs, mor]

noun

  1. an internalized set of values and objectives that guide a person with regard to ethical behavior and decision-making.

    a rebellious teenager without a moral compass.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of moral compass1

First recorded in 1840–45
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“Gunsmoke” also provides a hero with a strong moral compass.

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“It becomes a moral compass issue,” he said.

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The SFO accused Palombo of being a "crook" and a "cheat" who had "left his moral compass at home".

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Now he’s a memory that Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin and fellow writer Halley Gross revisit one more time, and at a point in Ellie’s journey when a vendetta threatens to obliterate her moral compass.

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Where all these authors agree is in finding something basic in humanity’s revulsion to abandoning our ethical and moral compass.

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