Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
moral judgments; a moral poem
Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
a moral action
Capable of right and wrong action.
a moral agent
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.
Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
a candidate with strong morals
A surname from Spanish.
A township in Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
From 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, ...
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A depiction of good or heroic actions.