1. Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behaviour and character based on those principles
   "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life" 
2. Psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect
   "a moral victory"; "moral support"

1. The significance of a story or event
   "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbour"
   - lesson

Derived forms: morals

See also: chaste, clean, clean-living, good, honorable [US], honourable [Brit, Cdn], incorrupt, mental, moralistic, morality, righteous, virtuous

Type of: import, meaning, significance, signification

Antonym: immoral

Encyclopedia: Moral

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