Moral(a.) 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.
Moral(a.) 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.
Moral(a.) Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
Moral(a.) 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(a.) Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
Moral(a.) Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
Moral(n.) The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural.
Moral(n.) 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.
Moral(n.) A morality play. See Morality, 5.
Moral(v. i.) To moralize.
Morale(a.) The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like.
Moraler(n.) A moralizer.
Moralism(n.) A maxim or saying embodying a moral truth.
Moralities(pl. ) of Morality
Morality(n.) The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right.
Morality(n.) The quality of an action which renders it good; the conformity of an act to the accepted standard of right.
Morality(n.) The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics.
Morality(n.) The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often admire the politeness of men whose morality we question.
Morality(n.) A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII.
Morality(n.) Intent; meaning; moral.
Moralization(n.) The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.
Moralization(n.) Explanation in a moral sense.
Moralize(v. i.) To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
Moralize(v. t.) To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
Moralize(v. t.) To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
Moralize(v. t.) To render moral; to correct the morals of.
Moralize(v. t.) To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
Moralized(imp. & p. p.) of Moralize
Moralizer(n.) One who moralizes.
Moralizing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moralize
Morally(adv.) In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.
Morally(adv.) According to moral rules; virtuously.
Morally(adv.) In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships.
Morally(adv.) In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action; according to the usual course of things and human judgment; according to reason and probability.
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