/ˈmɒɹəl/, /ˈmoɹəl/, /ˈmɑɹəl/
OriginFrom Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”)
(first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”)), from mos (“manner, custom”).
- Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
“moral judgments; a moral poem”
“a moral obligation”
“She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.”
- Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
“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 impre”
- Capable of right and wrong action.
- Probable but not proved.
- Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
“a moral victory; moral support”
- The ethical significance or practical lesson.
“The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.”
“We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.”
- in-pluralMoral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
“a candidate with strong morals”
- A depiction of good or heroic actions.
- obsoleteA morality play.
- dated, slangA moral certainty.
“"You'd better not collar anything now, because it's a moral that old Antonio would nip out behind one of those cases."”
- dated, slangAn exact counterpart.
- A surname from Spanish.
- A township in Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
Formsmore moral(comparative) · most moral(superlative) · morals(plural) · morals(present, singular, third-person) · moraling(US, participle, present) · moralling(UK, participle, present) · moraled(US, participle, past) · moraled(US, past) · moralled(UK, participle, past) · moralled(UK, past) · Morals(plural)
Source: Wiktionary