Moral

/ˈmɒɹəl/ · adjective

Meaning

Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
2. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
3. Capable of right and wrong action.
4. Probable but not proved.
5. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
6. (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
7. (chiefly in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
8. (of a media) A depiction of good or heroic actions.

Example Sentences

moral judgments; a moral poem

a moral obligation

She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.

a moral action

The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.

a moral agent

a moral certainty

a moral victory; moral support

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Word Forms

• more moral
• most moral
• morals
• moraling
• moralling
• moraled
• moralled

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