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[ US /ˈmɔɹəɫ/ ]
[ UK /mˈɒɹə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
    moral sense
    a moral scrutiny
    moral convictions
    a moral life
    a moral lesson
    a moral quandary
  2. psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect
    a moral victory
    moral support
NOUN
  1. the significance of a story or event
    the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor

How To Use moral In A Sentence

  • Getting deeper into the study of morality showed me that human nature is very much two-sided; for every bad side to our nature, there's a good one.
  • Shanghai Baby is peopled with nimble-witted hedonists. From the point of view of traditional mainstream society, they are moral degenerates and self-serving rebels.
  • The stress marks might seem quaint to us; but McGuffey believed that rhythm and harmony have not only an aesthetic but also a moral value.
  • Children need moral guidance to make their way in the world.
  • Actions that are consistent with the dignity and autonomy of moral agents are intrinsically good.
  • It avoids a phony moral high ground or fake appeals to the sanctity of multilateralism. Globe and Mail
  • And the moral murder of my child is to be my punishment for daring to turn a deaf ear to the indign passion of a brute! The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
  • This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical standpoint.
  • Their aim is twofold: to increase productivity and to improve morale by giving employees a feeling of participation in and identification with the company. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
  • The healthy but lazy who claim incapacity benefit are just as morally bankrupt as those benefiting from offshore tax havens. Times, Sunday Times
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