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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMMOR'AL, a. [in and moral.] Inconsistent with moral rectitude; contrary to the moral or divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious. Every action is immoral which contravenes any divine precept,or which is contrary to the duties which men owe to each other.
1. Wicked or unjust in practice; vicious; dishonest; as an immoral man. Every man who violates a divine law or a social duty, is immoral but we particularly apply the term to a person who habitually violates the laws.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong [ant: moral]
2: not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds" [syn: base, immoral]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1660 not moral; broadly conflicting with generally or traditionally held moral principles • immorally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 not conforming to accepted standards of morality (cf. AMORAL). 2 morally wrong (esp. in sexual matters). 3 depraved, dissolute. Derivatives: immorality n. (pl. -ies). immorally adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Immoral Im*mor"al, a. [Pref. im- not + moral: cf. F. immoral.] Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest; vicious; licentious; as, an immoral man; an immoral deed. Syn: Wicked; sinful; criminal; vicious; unjust; dishonest; depraved; impure; unchaste; profligate; dissolute; abandoned; licentious; lewd; obscene.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe someone or their behaviour as immoral, you believe that their behaviour is morally wrong. ...those who think that birth control and abortion are immoral. ADJ [disapproval] • immorality ...a reflection of our society's immorality.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. [Said of actions.] Wrong, wicked, vicious, sinful, corrupt, loose. 2. [Said of persons.] Bad, wicked, unprincipled, depraved, loose in behavior, profligate, dissolute, vicious. 3. [Said of habitual conduct.] Loose, depraved, unprincipled, dissolute.

Moby Thesaurus

abandoned, amoral, bad, base, carnal, concupiscent, conscienceless, corrupt, corrupted, criminal, crooked, dark, debauched, degenerate, depraved, devious, dirty, dishonest, dishonorable, dissolute, doubtful, dubious, evasive, evil, felonious, filthy, fishy, flagitious, fraudulent, ill-got, ill-gotten, immodest, impure, indecent, indirect, iniquitous, insidious, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, nefarious, nonmoral, not kosher, obscene, pornographic, questionable, reprobate, rotten, salacious, shady, shameless, shifty, sinful, sinister, slippery, smutty, steeped in vice, suspicious, treacherous, tricky, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly, unconscienced, unconscientious, unconscionable, underhand, underhanded, unethical, unmoral, unprincipled, unregenerate, unsavory, unscrupulous, unstraightforward, vice-laden, vice-prone, vicious, vile, villainous, wanton, wicked, without remorse, without shame, wrong