English noun: ethical motive | |||
| 1. | ethical motive (motive) motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | ||
| Synonyms | ethics, morality, morals | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motivation, motive, need | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Christ Within, conscience, hedonism, Inner Light, Light, Light Within, moral sense, scruples, sense of right and wrong | ||