English Explanatory Dictionary

epikeia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The principle in ethics that a law can be broken to achieve a greater good.

Word forms

epikeia epieikeia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπιείκεια (epieíkeia, “reasonableness”).

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