morale

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the degree of confidence, enthusiasm, discipline, and willingness to continue felt by a person or group, especially during difficulty or danger

   Job security and clear leadership restored morale across the exhausted workforce.

Common collocations

• morale builder Noun + noun

Borrowed from French morale, 'morality or moral conduct,' and later influenced by French le moral, 'state of mind.' In nineteenth-century English, especially in military use, it developed its modern sense of collective confidence and spirit.

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