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adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"; "had the moral courage to stand alone"

the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"

relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics; "moral philosophy"

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"

psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect; "a moral victory"; "moral support"

arising from the sense of right and wrong; "a moral obligation"

based on strong likelihood or firm conviction rather than actual evidence; "a moral certainty"

adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"; "had the moral courage to stand alone"

the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"

relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics; "moral philosophy"

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"

psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect; "a moral victory"; "moral support"

arising from the sense of right and wrong; "a moral obligation"

based on strong likelihood or firm conviction rather than actual evidence; "a moral certainty"

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.

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.

Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.

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.

Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.

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.

A morality play. See Morality, 5.

To moralize.

Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; - opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.

The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; - usually in the plural.

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.

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.

Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.

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.

Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.

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.

A morality play. See Morality, 5.

To moralize.

Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; - opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.

The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; - usually in the plural.

The lesson taught by, or the inner meaning of, a fable, event, etc.

Pertaining to man's natural sense of what is right and proper; according to what is right and just; as, a moral life; capable of being governed by a sense of right and wrong; as, a lower animal is not a moral creature; virtuous; supported by reason; as, a moral certainty; serving to teach a lesson.

Morally.

Morally.

Pertaining to right and wrong.

Right; virtuous; chaste.

The lesson of a fable or the like.

Conduct or behavior; ethics.

Of or belonging to the manners or conduct of men: conformed to right: virtuous: capable of moral action: subject to the moral law: instructing with regard to morals: supported by evidence of reason or probability.

In pl. manners: the doctrine or practice of the duties of life: moral philosophy or ethics: conduct: in sing. the practical lesson given by anything.

Lesson enforced by anything.

Pertaining to manners or conduct; virtuous.

Practice of duties; ethics.

Relating to manners or conduct; agreeable to what is right; capable of right or wrong; subject to the moral law; virtuous; just; sufficient for practical purposes.

Manners; the doctrine or practice of the duties of life; moral philosophy. Moral law, the law which prescribes the moral or social duties. Moral philosophy, the science which treats of mans moral duties and social relations.

The doctrine inculcated by a fiction; practical lesson; drift.

Pert. to or founded on the practices or conduct of men with reference to right and wrong, in their intercourse with others; right; just; supported by the evidence of reason or probability; founded on experience, as a moral certainty.

The lesson taught by a fiction or fable; the practical lesson which a thing is fitted or designed to convey.

1. Pertaining or relating to the conscience or moral sense or to the general principles of right conduct. 2. Cognizable or enforceable only by the conscience or by the principles of right conduct, as distinguished from positive law. 3. Depending upon or resulting from probability ; raising a belief or conviction in the mind independent of strict or logical proof. 4. Involving or affecting the moral sense; as in the phrase “moral insanity.”

mor'al, adj. of or belonging to the manners or conduct of men: conformed to right, ethical, virtuous: capable of knowing right and wrong: subject to the moral law: instructing with regard to morals: supported by evidence of reason or probability--opp. to Demonstrative: belonging to the mind, or to the will: (Shak.) moralising.--n. in pl. manners: the doctrine or practice of the duties of life: moral philosophy or ethics: conduct, esp. sexual conduct: in sing. the practical lesson given by anything: an emblem or allegory: (slang) a certainty, an exact counterpart.--v.i. to moralise.--ns. MOR'ALER (Shak.), a moraliser; MORALIS[=A]'TION, act of moralising, explanation in a moral sense.--v.t. MOR'ALISE, to apply to a moral purpose: to explain in a moral sense.--v.i. to speak or write on moral subjects: to make moral reflections.--ns. MOR'ALISER; MOR'ALISM, a moral maxim; moral counsel: morality as distinct from religion; MOR'ALIST, one who teaches morals, or who practises moral duties: a merely moral as distinguished from a religious man: one who prides himself on his morality.--adj. MORALIST'IC.--n. MORAL'ITY, quality of being moral: that in an action which renders it right or wrong: the practice of moral duties apart from religion: virtue: the doctrine which treats of actions as being right or wrong: ethics: a kind of drama which grew out of mysteries and miracle-plays, and continued in fashion till Elizabeth's time, in which allegorical representations of the virtues and vices were introduced as dramatis personæ.--adv. MOR'ALLY, in a moral manner: uprightly: to all intents and purposes, practically.--MORAL AGENT, one who acts under a knowledge of right and wrong; MORAL CERTAINTY, a likelihood so great as to be safely acted on, although not capable of being certainly proved; MORAL DEFEAT (see MORAL VICTORY); MORAL FACULTY (see MORAL SENSE); MORAL LAW, a law or rules for life and conduct, founded on what is right and wrong: the law of conscience; MORAL PHILOSOPHY, the science which treats of the qualities of actions as being right or wrong, and the duty of mankind with regard to such actions; MORAL SENSE, that power of the mind which knows or judges actions to be right or wrong, and determines conduct accordingly; MORAL THEOLOGY, ethics treated with reference to a divine source; MORAL VICTORY, a defeat in appearance, but in some important sense a real victory. [Fr.,--L. moralis--mos, moris, custom.]

Concerned with character or disposition, or with the distinction between right& wrong; m. sense, power of distinguishing right& wrong; (of literary work &c.) dealing with regulation of conduct, as m. science; m. philosophy, ethics; m. law, the requirements to which right action must conform; (of rights &c.) founded on m. law; capable of m. action; m. victory, defeat, indecisive result, that eventually produces the m. effects of victory; m. courage, courage to encounter odium, contempt, &c., rather than abandon right course; morally good, conforming to rules of morality; virtuous as regards general conduct; m. certainty, probability so great as to admit of no reasonable doubt. (N.) the m. teaching of a fable, story, event, &c.; (vulg.) the very m. (exact likeness) of; (pl.) m. habits, esp. sexual conduct; =foll. Hence morally adv. [Latin]

n. The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; conduct; behaviour -usually pl. ; the meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, experience, &c.