way of behaving, conduct, practice, esp. right conduct, good manners; adj. (-˚) practising, indulging in, or of such & such a conduct
■ Snp.280 (pāpa˚); Ja.i.106 (vipassana˚); Ja.ii.280 (˚ariya); Ja.vi.52 (ariya˚) Snp-a.157; Pv-a.12 (sīla˚), Pv-a.36, Pv-a.67, Pv-a.252; Sdhp.441. -an˚ bad behaviour Vin.ii.118 (˚ṃ ācarati indulge in bad habits) Dhp-a.ii.201 (˚kiriyā). Cp. sam˚.

• -kusala versed in good manners Dhp.376 (cp. Dhp-a.iv.111).
• -gocara pasturing in good conduct; i.e. practice of right behaviour DN.i.63 = Iti.118; MN.i.33; SN.v.187; AN.i.63 sq.; AN.ii.14, AN.ii.39; AN.iii.113, AN.iii.155, AN.iii.262; AN.iv.140, AN.iv.172 AN.iv.352; AN.v.71 sq., AN.v.89, AN.v.133, AN.v.198; Vb.244, Vb.246 (cp. Mil.368, Mil.370, quot. Vin.iii.185); Vism.i.8.
• -vipatti failure of morality, a slip in good conduct Vin.i.171.

ā + car