moral

  • (noun): (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
  • (noun): (chiefly in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
  • (noun): A morality play.
  • (noun): A moral certainty.
  • (noun): An exact counterpart.
  • (verb): To moralize.
  • (adjective): Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
  • (adjective): Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
  • (adjective): Capable of right and wrong action.
  • (adjective): Probable but not proved.
  • (adjective): Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
  • a candidate with strong morals
  • moral judgments;  a moral poem
  • a moral obligation
  • a moral agent
  • a moral certainty