moral

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

   moral sense

2. 2
   adj

   psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect

   a moral victory

3. 3
   noun

   the significance of a story or event

   the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor

4. 4
   adj

   Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.

   moral judgments; a moral poem

5. 5
   adj

   Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.

   a moral action

6. 6
   adj

   Capable of right and wrong action.

   a moral agent

7. 7
   adj

   Probable but not proved.

   a moral certainty

8. 8
   adj

   Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

   a moral victory; moral support

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”).