moral

adj

/ˈmɒɹəl/UK/ˈmoɹəl/US/ˈmɑɹəl/

Etymology

From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”) (first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”)), from mos (“manner, custom”).

derived from mōrālis — “relating to manners or morals”
derived from moral
inherited from moral

Definitions

1
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching…
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
- moral judgments; a moral poem
- a moral obligation
- She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.
2
Conforming to a standard of right behaviour
Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
- a moral action
3
Capable of right and wrong action.
- a moral agent
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1. 4
  Probable but not proved.
  - a moral certainty
2. 5
  Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
  - a moral victory; moral support
3. 6
  The ethical significance or practical lesson.
  - The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.
  - We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.
4. 7
  Moral practices or teachings
  Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
  - a candidate with strong morals
5. A depiction of good or heroic actions.
6. A morality play.
7. 10
  A moral certainty.
  - "You'd better not collar anything now, because it's a moral that old Antonio would nip out behind one of those cases."
8. An exact counterpart.
9. To moralize.
10. A surname from Spanish.
11. A township in Shelby County, Indiana, United States.

The neighborhood

antonymimmoral
antonymunethical
antonymcorrupt
antonymunscrupulous
antonymamoral
antonymnon-moral
antonympseudomoral
antonymunmoral
neighborgolden rule

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at moral. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at moral. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at moral

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA