## Meanings
1. Relating to what is right and wrong in people's behavior.
2. Behaving in a way that is considered good and right.
3. A lesson about right and wrong that a story teaches.

## Examples
- Lying to a friend raises a difficult moral question.
- She is a deeply moral person who always keeps her promises.
- The moral of the story is that honesty is always best.

## Antonyms
- amoral
- corrupt
- immoral
- non-moral
- pseudomoral
- unethical
- unmoral
- unscrupulous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: moral
- Root: mōrālis

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Moral comes 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”). In present-day English its meanings include relating to what is right and wrong in people's behavior, behaving in a way that is considered good and right, and a lesson about right and wrong that a story teaches. The historical chain runs through moral (Middle English), moral (Old French), and mōrālis (Latin).

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment

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