immorality - the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare unrighteousness - failure to adhere to moral principles; "forgave us our sins and cleansed us of all unrighteousness" depravity, degeneracy, corruption - moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity" wrongness - contrary to conscience or morality evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world" morality - concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct |