It is not ethical for a doctor to reveal confidences.
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Ethical
//ˈɛθɪkəl//
Synonyms for "ethical" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
97 translations across 55 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- etiek adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Albanian
1 entries- etik adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Arabic
1 entries- أَخْلَاقِيّ adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Armenian
3 entries- բարոյագիտական adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- բարոյական adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- բարոյական adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- əxlaqi adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Belarusian
1 entries- эты́чны adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Bengali
1 entries- নৈতিক adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ети́чен adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- ети́чен adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Catalan
2 entries- ètic adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- ètic adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 道德的 adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Czech
1 entries- etický adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Danish
4 entries- etisk adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- etisk adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- etisk adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
- moralsk rigtig adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Dutch
1 entries- ethisch adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Estonian
1 entries- eetiline adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Finnish
1 entries- eettinen adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
French
1 entries- éthique adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Galician
3 entries- ético adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- ético adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- ético adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Georgian
1 entries- ეთიკური adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
German
1 entries- ethisch adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Greek
1 entries- ηθικός adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Hebrew
3 entries- אֶתִי adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- מוּסָרִי adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- מוּסָרִי adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
Hindi
3 entries- नैतिक adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- नैतिक adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
- नैतिकता adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
Hungarian
1 entries- etikai adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Irish
1 entries- eiticiúil adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Italian
4 entries- consentito adj (only dispensed on the prescription of a physician)
- etico adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- etico adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- etico adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Japanese
2 entries- 倫理的な adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- 倫理的な adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Kazakh
2 entries- ақылақтық adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- этикалық adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Korean
2 entries- 륜리적 adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- 윤리적 adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- этика-га adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- этикалык adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Latvian
3 entries- ētisks adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- ētisks adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- ētisks adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Lithuanian
1 entries- etinis adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Macedonian
1 entries- етички adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Māori
1 entries- matatika adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- etisk adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- etisk adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- etisk adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- etisk adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- etisk adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- etisk adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Pashto
1 entries- اخلاقي adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Persian
1 entries- اخلاقی adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- sitlich adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Polish
3 entries- etyczny adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- etyczny adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- etyczny adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Portuguese
3 entries- ético adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- ético adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- ético adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Romanian
1 entries- etic adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Russian
3 entries- эти́ческий adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- эти́ческий adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- эти́чный adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- ètičkī adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- ѐтичкӣ adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Slovak
1 entries- etický adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Slovene
1 entries- etičen adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Spanish
3 entries- ético adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- ético adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- ético adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Swedish
1 entries- etisk adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Tajik
1 entries- ахлоқӣ adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Turkish
3 entries- etik adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- etik adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- töre bilimsel adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Turkmen
1 entries- ahlakly adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ети́чний adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Urdu
1 entries- اَخْلاقی adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئەخلاقلىق adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- ئەخلاقىي adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Uzbek
2 entries- axloqiy adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- etikaga adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
Yiddish
3 entries- עטיש adj (of or relating to the study of ethics)
- עטיש adj (of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession)
- עטיש adj (morally approvable, when referring to an action that affects others; good)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
In ethical terms, a great many people are opposed to gene therapy.
Source: tatoeba (325923)
That's right. It's written in an unassuming fashion, and it's an ethical standpoint as well.
Source: tatoeba (327074)
From an ethical point of view, the great principle of technology is "responsibility to the present" but the new way of thinking, "responsibility to the future" has emerged.
Source: tatoeba (328056)
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