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mor·al
adj.
- Of or concerned with the judgment of the goodness or badness of human
action and character: moral scrutiny; a moral
quandary.
- Teaching or exhibiting goodness or correctness of character and behavior: a
moral lesson.
- Conforming to standards of what is right or just in behavior; virtuous: a
moral life.
- Arising from conscience or the sense of right and wrong: a
moral obligation.
- Having psychological rather than physical or tangible effects: a
moral victory; moral support.
- Based on strong likelihood or firm conviction, rather than on the actual
evidence: a moral certainty.
n.
- The lesson or principle contained in or taught by a fable, a story, or an
event.
- A concisely expressed precept or general truth; a maxim.
- morals Rules or
habits of conduct, especially of sexual conduct, with reference to standards
of right and wrong: a person of loose morals; a
decline in the public morals.
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