plural of oughtness

The problem of whether prescriptive statements—stating what the case ought to be—can be derived from descriptive statements—stating what the case is.

Indicates disapproval of a situation.

(chiefly philosophy) The quality of an action being morally obligatory not to perform.

(dated, euphemistic) Sexually promiscuous.

(UK) (US, Canada, dated, rare) ought not (negative auxiliary).

Pronunciation spelling of there ought to be a law.

(colloquial or dialectal) Contraction of ought to.

(nonstandard, pseudo-archaic, hypercorrect) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ought

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of ought / (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of owe / (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of ought