Moral

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
 * moral judgments, a moral poem
 * 1) Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
 * a moral obligation
 * 1) Capable of right and wrong action.
 * a moral agent
 * 1) Probable but not proved.
 * a moral certainty
 * 1) Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
 * a moral victory, moral support

Synonyms

 * ethical, incorruptible, noble, righteous, virtuous
 * virtual

Antonyms

 * immoral
 * amoral
 * non-moral
 * unmoral

Derived terms

 * moral high ground
 * moral minimum

Related terms

 * morale
 * morality
 * moralize
 * morals
 * mores

Noun

 * 1)  The ethical significance or practical lesson.
 * 2) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

Synonyms

 * ethics, mores

Adjectives for Moral
fearful; strictest; obtrusive; intellectual; pretty; austerest; admirable; latent; righteous; public; fallible; obvious; creditable; immovable; political; abstract; philosophical. adverbs chastely; sternly; strictly; rigidly; uncompromisingly; intolerantly; righteously; selfconsciously; proudly; apparently; self-righteously; preachily; ostentatiously; blatantly; presumably; avowedly; virtuously; remarkably; astonishingly; tiresomely; unbelievably; sanctimoniously; unctuously; blandly.

Thesaurus
Christian, adage, admonishment, admonition, alarm, ana, analects, angelic, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, assignment, axiological, axiom, behavior, belief, blameless, brocard, byword, canon, catchword, caution, caveat, chalk talk, chaste, clean, code, collected sayings, commandment, conduct, conscientious, convention, creditable, current saying, customs, decent, deferential, deterrent example, dictate, dictum, discourse, disquisition, distich, duteous, dutiful, epigram, erect, estimable, ethical, ethics, ethological, example, exercise, exposition, expression, fair, final notice, final warning, form, formula, full of integrity, general principle, gnome, godly, golden rule, golden saying, good, guideline, guiding principle, habits, harangue, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, hint, homework, homily, honest, honorable, ideals, immaculate, imperative, incorruptible, instruction, integrity, inviolate, irreproachable, just, law, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, lecture, lecture-demonstration, lesson, manly, maxim, message, mitzvah, modest, monition, moral lesson, moralistic, morality, moralization, moralizing, morals, mores, mot, motto, noble, norm, notice, notification, obedient, object lesson, observant, oracle, ordinance, phrase, pithy saying, point, practices, preachment, preachy, precept, prescript, principium, principle, principled, principles, probity, proper, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, pure, recital, recitation, rectitude, regulation, reputable, respectable, respectful, right, right-minded, righteous, rubric, rule, saintlike, saintly, saw, saying, scruples, scrupulous, sentence, sententious expression, seraphic, sermon, sermonizing, set task, settled principle, skull session, slogan, sloka, spotless, stainless, standard, standards, sterling, stock saying, straight, sutra, talk, task, teaching, teachy, tenet, text, threat, tip-off, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, truism, ultimatum, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, verbum sapienti, verse, virtuous, warning, warning piece, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom, working principle, working rule, worthy, yeomanly

Etymology
From moral: <  moralis: (first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός:) < mos:.

Adjective

 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מוסר [musar]
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Kurdish: ئه‌خلاق
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: нравоучительный, назидательный
 * Scottish Gaelic: moralta
 * Turkish: ahlakî, ahlaki


 * Esperanto: morala
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Kurdish: ئه‌خلاق


 * Russian: моральный, нравственный, этический
 * Scottish Gaelic: moralta
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ahlakî, ahlaki


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: moralta


 * Russian: духовный, душевный,


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Russian: моральный
 * Scottish Gaelic: moralta


 * : నైతిక (naitika)

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French: moralité
 * German:
 * Hungarian: tanulság,
 * Irish: múineadh, teagasc


 * Japanese: 教訓
 * Manx: bun-cheeal
 * Russian: мораль,, поучение
 * Scottish Gaelic: teagasg
 * Swedish: sensmoral
 * Turkish: ahlak


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: tanulság,
 * Russian: мораль
 * Scottish Gaelic: teagasg
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ahlak


 * : నీతి (neeti)

Anagrams

 * molar

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Etymology
and moral: <  moralis:

Noun

 * 1)  moral

Adjective

 * 1) moral

Antonyms

 * amoral

Noun

 * 1) moral

Related terms

 * moralidad
 * moralismo
 * moralizar

Noun

 * 1) morale, character
 * 2) moral, moral practices, conduct
 * snäv, viktoriansk moral
 * strict, Victorian moral
 * 1) a moral, a lesson (of a narrative)

Etymology
Loan from French morale: via German Moral:, used in Swedish in Then Swänska Argus (1730s).

Related terms

 * moralisera
 * moralisk
 * moralism
 * moralist
 * moralpanik
 * moraltant
 * omoral
 * sexualmoral