casuistry
casuistry is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases.
- adjective. Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.
- noun. moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
- noun. argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
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