1. (adj.)moral of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles of rightconduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
2. moral conforming to accepted or established principles of rightconduct (opposed to immoral); virtuous; upright: a moral man.
3. moral expressing or conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct: a moral novel.
4. moral based on fundamental principles of rightconduct rather than on law, custom, etc.: moral obligations.
5. moral capable of recognizing and conforming to the rules of right conduct: a moral being.
6. moral virtuous in sexual matters; chaste.
7. moral of, pertaining to, or acting on the mind, feelings, will, or character: moral support.
8. moral based on strong probability; virtual: a moral certainty.
9. (n.)moral the moralteaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < L mōrālis=mōr- (s. of mōs) usage, custom +-ālis -al1)
Definition of 'Moral'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)moral, lesson the significance of a story or event "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"
2. (adj)moral concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"
3. (adj)moral psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect "a moral victory"; "moral support"
1. (adjective)moral relating to beliefs about what is right and wrong a moral belief; your moral rights
2. moral ≠ immoral a very moral woman
3. (noun)moral morals beliefs about what is right and wrong Christian morals; Do the media have any morals?
4. moral sth taught using a story or an actual experience The moral of the tale is that you should never lie.
Definition of 'Moral'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Moral relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respectsright and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules
8. (noun)Moral the inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim