moral

• WordNet 3.6
  • adj moral 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","a moral quandary","moral convictions","a moral life"
  • adj moral psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect "a moral victory","moral support"
  • n moral the significance of a story or event "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"
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• Interesting fact: The way that prostitutes got the nickname "Hooker" was because of a general of the Civil War. General Hooker would keep a number of prostitutes to follow has army and keep his men's moral up. The prostitutes were referred to as "Hookers brigade."
• • Moral A morality play. See Morality, 5.
  • Moral Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.
  • Moral Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty. "A moral agent is a being capable of those actions that have a moral quality, and which can properly be denominated good or evil in a moral sense."
  • Moral Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life. "The wiser and more moral part of mankind."
  • Moral Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules. "Keep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue.""Mankind is broken loose from moral bands.""She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness."
  • Moral Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
  • Moral Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
  • Moral The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural. "Corrupt in their morals as vice could make them."
  • Moral The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim. "Thus may we gather honey from the weed,
    And make a moral of the devil himself.""To point a moral , or adorn a tale.""We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters."
  • v. i Moral To moralize.
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• • moral Of or pertaining to rules of right conduct; concerning the distinction of right from wrong; ethical. In this sense moral is opposed to non-moral, which denotes the absence of ethical distinctions.
  • moral In accord with, or controlled by, the rules of right conduct: opposed to immoral. In this sense moral is often used specifically of conduct in the sexual relation.
  • moral In a special sense, relating to the private and social duties of men as distinct from civil responsibilities: specifically so used in the Hegelian philosophy.
  • moral Connected with the perception of right and wrong in conduct, especially when this is regarded as an innate power of the mind; connected with or pertaining to the conscience. See moral sense, moral law, below.
  • moral Capable of distinguishing between right and wrong; hence, bound to conform to what is right; subject, to a principle of duty; accountable.
  • moral Depending upon considerations of what generally occurs; resting upon grounds of probability: opposed to demonstrative: as, moral evidence; moral arguments. See moral certainty, under certainty.
  • moral Of or pertaining to morals.
  • moral Having a moral; emblematical; allegorical; symbolical.
  • moral Pertaining to the mind; mental: opposed to physical.
  • moral Pertaining to the will, or conative element of the soul, as distinguished from the intellect or cognitive part. This refers to the usual pre-Kantian division of the soul.
  • moral Moralizing.
  • moral See law.
  • moral Ethics; the science of morality.
  • n moral Morality; the doctrine or practice of the duties of life.
  • n moral plural Conduct; behavior; course of life in regard to right and wrong; specifically, sexual conduct: as, a man of good morals.
  • n moral Moral philosophy; ethics.
  • n moral The doctrine inculcated by a fable, apologue, or fiction; the practical lesson which anything is designed to teach; hence, intent; meaning.
  • n moral An emblem, personification, or allegory; especially, an allegorical drama. See morality. 6.
  • n moral A certainty.
  • n moral An exact likeness; a counterpart.
  • n moral Synonyms See morality.
  • n moral See inference.
  • moral To moralize.
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• • adj Moral mor′al of or belonging to the manners or conduct of men: conformed to right, ethical, virtuous: capable of knowing right and wrong: subject to the moral law: instructing with regard to morals: supported by evidence of reason or probability—opp. to Demonstrative: belonging to the mind, or to the will:
  • n Moral in pl. manners: the doctrine or practice of the duties of life: moral philosophy or ethics: conduct, esp. sexual conduct: in sing. the practical lesson given by anything: an emblem or allegory:
  • v.i Moral to moralise
  • v.i Moral to speak or write on moral subjects: to make moral reflections
  • Moral according to those of moral law
  • adj Moral mor′al (Shak.) moralising
  • n Moral (slang) a certainty, an exact counterpart
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• Henry David Thoreau

  

  “Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.”
• Robert Owen

  

  “Without consistency there is no moral strength.”
• William E. Gladstone

  

  “Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.”
• Aleister Crowley

  

  “Ordinary morality is only for ordinary people.”
• Benjamin Disraeli

  

  “We moralize among ruins.”
• Marcel Proust

  

  “We become moral when we are unhappy.”

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