ācāra
Ācāra,[ā + car] way of behaving,conduct,practice,esp. right conduct,good manners; adj. (-°) practising,indulging in,or of such & such a conduct. -- Sn.280 (pāpa°); J.I,106 (vipassana°); II,280 (°ariya); VI,52 (ariya°); SnA 157; PvA.12 (sīla°),36,67,252; Sdhp.441. --an° bad behaviour Vin.II,118 (°ṁ ācarati indulge in bad habits); DhA.II,201 (°kiriyā). Cp. sam°.
--kusala versed in good manners Dh.376 (cp. DhA.IV,111). --gocara pasturing in good conduct; i. e. practice of right behaviour D.I,63 = It.118; M.I,33; S.V,187; A.I,63 sq.; II,14,39; III,113,155,262; IV,140,172,352; V,71 sq.,89,133,198; Vbh.244,246 (cp. Miln.368,370,quot. Vin.III,185); Vism.I,8. --vipatti failure of morality,a slip in good conduct Vin.I,171. (Page 96)