moral

About 70.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude.

   moral judgments; a moral poem

2. adjective Conforming to a given standard of right behaviour.

   a moral action

3. adjective Being sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
4. adjective Capable of right and wrong action.

   a moral agent

5. adjective Probable but not proved.

   a moral certainty

6. adjective Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

   a moral victory; moral support

7. noun 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.

8. noun Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

   a candidate with strong morals

Similar words

ethical mental lesson virtuous honorable honourable moralistic conscientious near right

Often followed by

and law philosophy character sense values or principles obligation development

Word family

moral authority moral support morally morals