moral
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
- a moral lesson
Similar word(s): chaste, good, honorable, honourable, chaste, clean, moralistic, righteous, righteous, virtuous
2. psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect
- a moral victory
- moral support
Similar word(s): mental
Sentences with moral as an adjective:
- moral judgments;
- a moral obligation
- a moral agent
- a moral certainty
- a moral victory;
noun
1. the significance of a story or event
- the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor
Similar word(s): lesson
Definition categories: communication, import, meaning, significance, signification
Sentences with moral as a noun:
- The moral of the The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.