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Goodness

The quality of being good in any of its various senses excellence virtue kindness benevolence as the goodness of timber of a soil of food goodness of character of disposition of conduct etc...

Beneficence

The practice of doing good active goodness kindness or charity bounty springing from purity and goodness...

wrong

wrong 1 : a violation of the rights of another ;esp : tort 2 : something (as conduct, practices, or qualities) contrary to justice, goodness, equity, or law [the difference between right and ] vt : to do a wrong to : treat with injustice ...

Hypocrisy

The act or practice of a hypocrite a feigning to be what one is not or to feel what one does not feel a dissimulation or a concealment of ones real character disposition or motives especially the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion a simulation of goodness...

Moral turpitude

Moral turpitude, 'Moral turpitude' is an expression which is used in legal as also societal parlance to describe conduct which is inherently base, vile, depraved or having any connection showing depravity, Pawan Kumar v. State of Haryana, AIR 1996 SC 3300: (1996) 4 SCC 17 (21). See also AIR 1959 All 71.One of the most serious offences involving 'moral turpitude' would be where a person employed in a banking company dealing with money of the general public, commits forgery and wrongfully withdraws money which he is not entitled to withdraw, Allahabad Bank v. Deepak Kumar Bhola, (1997) 4 SCC 1 (4).Moral turpitude, whether an offence involves moral delinquency is question of fact depending on the public morals of the time; common sense of community and context and purpose for which the character of offence is to be determined. In common parlance 'moral turpitude' means baseness of character. Concise Oxford Dictionary defines 'moral' - 'Concerned with goodness or badness of character or di...

Good cause, sufficient case Difference

Good cause, sufficient case Difference, The differ-ence between the words 'good cause' for non-appearance in O. IX, R. 7 and 'sufficient cause' for the same purpose in O. IX, R. 13 as pointing to different criteria of 'goodness' or 'sufficiently' for succeeding in the two proceedings; and as there-fore furnishing a ground for the inapplicability of the rule of res judicata. As this ground was not seriously mentioned before us, we need not examine it in any detail but we might observe that we do not see any material difference between the facts to be established for satisfying the two tests of 'good cause' and 'sufficient cause'. We are unable to conceive of a 'good cause' which is not 'sufficient' as affording an explanation for non-appearance, nor conversely of a 'sufficient cause' which is not a good one and we would add that either of these is not different 'good and sufficient cause' which is used in this context in other statutes. If, on the other hand, there is any difference bet...

Ale-conner, or Ale-founder, or Ale-kenner

Ale-conner, or Ale-founder, or Ale-kenner [gustator, cerevisi' Lat.], one who kens or knows what good ale is; an officer appointed at a curt-leet, who is sworn to look at the assize and goodness of ale and beer within the precincts of the lordship, Kitch. 46. Thee were at one time four ale-conners, chosen by the liverymen of the City of London, in Common hall, on Midsummer-day, whose office it was to inspect the measures used in public-houses....

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