moral

Definitions

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A township in Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
3. The ethical significance or practical lesson.
4. moral (relating to right and wrong)
5. Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
   in-plural
6. moral (conforming to a standard of right behaviour)
7. A depiction of good or heroic actions.
8. morals, standard (modes of conduct)
9. A morality play.
   obsolete
10. morale (the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal)
11. A moral certainty.
    dated, slang
12. mulberry tree
13. An exact counterpart.
    dated, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie⟳, people won't believe⟳ you when you tell⟳ the truth.”

“We protest⟳ against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.”

“a candidate with strong morals”

“"You'd better not collar anything now, because it's a moral that old Antonio would nip out behind one of those cases."”

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