Moral

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English

Adjective

Moral (comparative more Moral, superlative most Moral)

  1. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
    moral judgments, a moral poem
  2. Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
    a moral obligation
  3. Capable of right and wrong action.
    a moral agent
  4. Probable but not proved.
    a moral certainty
  5. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
    a moral victory, moral support

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Noun

Moral (plural Morals)
  1. (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
  2. Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

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Adjectives for Moral

fearful; strictest; obtrusive; intellectual; pretty; austerest; admirable; latent; righteous; public; fallible; obvious; creditable; immovable; political; abstract; philosophical. adverbs chastely; sternly; strictly; rigidly; uncompromisingly; intolerantly; righteously; selfconsciously; proudly; apparently; self-righteously; preachily; ostentatiously; blatantly; presumably; avowedly; virtuously; remarkably; astonishingly; tiresomely; unbelievably; sanctimoniously; unctuously; blandly.

Thesaurus

Christian, adage, admonishment, admonition, alarm, ana, analects, angelic, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, assignment, axiological, axiom, behavior, belief, blameless, brocard, byword, canon, catchword, caution, caveat, chalk talk, chaste, clean, code, collected sayings, commandment, conduct, conscientious, convention, creditable, current saying, customs, decent, deferential, deterrent example, dictate, dictum, discourse, disquisition, distich, duteous, dutiful, epigram, erect, estimable, ethical, ethics, ethological, example, exercise, exposition, expression, fair, final notice, final warning, form, formula, full of integrity, general principle, gnome, godly, golden rule, golden saying, good, guideline, guiding principle, habits, harangue, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, hint, homework, homily, honest, honorable, ideals, immaculate, imperative, incorruptible, instruction, integrity, inviolate, irreproachable, just, law, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, lecture, lecture-demonstration, lesson, manly, maxim, message, mitzvah, modest, monition, moral lesson, moralistic, morality, moralization, moralizing, morals, mores, mot, motto, noble, norm, notice, notification, obedient, object lesson, observant, oracle, ordinance, phrase, pithy saying, point, practices, preachment, preachy, precept, prescript, principium, principle, principled, principles, probity, proper, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, pure, recital, recitation, rectitude, regulation, reputable, respectable, respectful, right, right-minded, righteous, rubric, rule, saintlike, saintly, saw, saying, scruples, scrupulous, sentence, sententious expression, seraphic, sermon, sermonizing, set task, settled principle, skull session, slogan, sloka, spotless, stainless, standard, standards, sterling, stock saying, straight, sutra, talk, task, teaching, teachy, tenet, text, threat, tip-off, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, truism, ultimatum, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, verbum sapienti, verse, virtuous, warning, warning piece, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom, working principle, working rule, worthy, yeomanly

Etymology

From French moral < Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”) (first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikos, “moral”)) < mos (“manner, custom”).

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Adjective

relating to principles of right and wrong
conforming to a standard of right behavior
capable of right and wrong action
probable but not proved
positively affecting the mind, confidence or will
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Noun

the moral significance or practical lesson
moral practices or teachings
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French

Adjective

Moral m. (f. Morale, m. plural moraux, f. plural Morales)}

  1. moral

Etymology

Middle French and Old French moral < Latin moralis

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mòrāl m. (Cyrillic spelling мо̀ра̄л)

  1. (uncountable) moral

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mǒraːl/
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ral

Declension

    declension of Moral
singular
nominative mòrāl
genitive morála
dative moralu
accusative moral
vocative moralu
locative moralu
instrumental moralom

Spanish

Adjective

  1. moral

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Noun

Moral

  1. moral

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Swedish

Noun

Moral c.

  1. morale, character
  2. moral, moral practices, conduct
    snäv, viktoriansk moral
    strict, Victorian moral
  3. a moral, a lesson (of a narrative)

Etymology

Loan from French morale via German Moral, used in Swedish in Then Swänska Argus (1730s).

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Declension

Declension of Moral
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Moral Moralen Moraler Moralerna
genitive Morals Moralens Moralers Moralernas

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