moral as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
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moral
noun
1 moral
The significance of a story or event:
— The moral of the story is to love thy neighbor.
synonym: lesson.
Roget 480:
result,
conclusion,
upshot;
deduction,
inference,
ergotism [Med.];
illation;
corollary,
porism†;
moral.
estimation,
valuation,
appreciation,
judication†;
dijudication†,
adjudication;
arbitrament,
arbitrement†,
arbitration;
assessment,
ponderation†;
valorization.
award,
estimate;
review,
criticism,
critique,
notice,
report.
decision,
determination,
judgment,
finding,
verdict,
sentence,
decree;
findings of fact;
findings of law;
res judicata [Lat.].
plebiscite,
voice,
casting vote;
vote
etc.
(choice)
609;
opinion
etc.
(belief)
484;
good judgment
etc.
(wisdom)
498.
judge,
umpire;
arbiter,
arbitrator;
asessor,
referee.
censor,
reviewer,
critic;
connoisseur;
commentator
etc.
524;
inspector,
inspecting officer.
twenty-twenty hindsight
[judgment after the fact];
armchair general,
monday morning quarterback.
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Roget 496:
maxim,
aphorism;
apothegm,
apophthegm†;
dictum,
saying,
adage,
saw,
proverb;
sentence,
mot [Fr.],
motto,
word,
byword,
moral,
phylactery,
protasis†.
axiom,
theorem,
scholium†,
truism,
postulate.
first principles,
a priori fact,
assumption
(supposition)
514.
reflection
etc.
(idea)
453;
conclusion
etc.
(judgment)
480;
golden rule
etc.
(precept)
697;
principle,
principia [Lat.];
profession of faith
etc.
(belief)
484;
settled principle,
accepted principle,
formula.
accepted fact.
received truth,
wise maxim,
sage maxim,
received maxim,
admitted maxim,
recognized maxim
&c.;
true saying,
common saying,
hackneyed saying,
trite saying,
commonplace saying
etc.
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Polish: morał
adjective
1 moral
Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles.
Roget 926:
obligatory,
binding;
imperative,
peremptory;
stringent
etc.
(severe)
739;
behooving
etc.
v.;
incumbent on,
chargeable on;
under obligation;
obliged by,
bound by,
tied by;
saddled with.
due to,
beholden to,
bound to,
indebted to;
tied down;
compromised
etc.
(promised)
768;
in duty bound.
amenable,
liable,
accountable,
responsible,
answerable.
right,
meet
etc.
(due)
924;
moral,
ethical,
casuistical,
conscientious,
ethological.
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Roget 944:
virtuous,
good;
innocent
etc.
946;
meritorious,
deserving,
worthy,
desertful†,
correct;
dutiful,
duteous;
moral;
right,
righteous,
right-minded;
well-intentioned,
creditable,
laudable,
commendable,
praiseworthy;
above all praise,
beyond all praise;
excellent,
admirable;
sterling,
pure,
noble;
whole-souled†.
exemplary;
matchless,
peerless;
saintly,
saint-like;
heaven-born,
angelic,
seraphic,
godlike.
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2 moral
Psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect.
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