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moral obligations

moral obligations is the plural of moral obligation.

Meaning of moral obligation

Noun

moral obligation (countable and uncountable, plural moral obligations)

  1. A duty which one owes and ought to perform on the basis of considerations of right and wrong, but which he is not legally bound to fulfill, as a duty to be charitable, a duty to pay a debt barred by the act of limitations, etc.
    Synonyms:
    moral duty

Questions about moral obligations

What is moral obligations the plural of?
Moral obligations is the plural of moral obligation.

Words near moral obligations in the dictionary

  1. moral minimum
  2. moral minimums
  3. moral nihilism
  4. moral objectivism
  5. moral obligation
  6. moral obligations
  7. moral of the story
  8. moral order
  9. moral orders
  10. moral outbidding
  11. moral panic

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