Ācāra
Ācāra [ā + car] way of behaving, conduct, practice, esp. right conduct, good manners; adj. ( -- ˚) practicing, 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 (˚ŋ 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.
