| Definitions of 'moral' |
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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"
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| Definitions of 'moral' |
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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 respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules
2. (adj) moral
conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life
3. (adj) moral
capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty
4. (adj) moral
acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support
5. (adj) moral
supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty
6. (adj) moral
serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales
7. (noun) moral
the doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural
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
9. (noun) moral
a morality play. See Morality, 5
10. (verb) moral
to moralize
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