morall

Adjective

moral (comparative more moral, superlative most moral)

1. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude.
   • moral judgments; a moral poem

   Synonyms:

   ethical, good, decent, righteous

2. Conforming to a given standard of right behaviour.
   • a moral action

   Synonyms:

   acceptable, appropriate, courteous, decent, decorous, mannerly, proper, incorruptible, noble, righteous

3. Being sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
   • The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows...1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
4. Capable of right and wrong action.
   • a moral agent
5. Probable but not proved.
   • a moral certainty

   Synonyms:

   virtual

6. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
   • a moral victory; moral support

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