- of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
- expressing or conveying truths or counsel as to right conduct, as a speaker or a literary work.
- founded on the fundamental principles of right conduct rather than on legalities, enactment, or custom: moral obligations.
- capable of conforming to the rules of right conduct: a moral being.
- conforming to the rules of right conduct (opposed to immoral): a moral man.
- virtuous in sexual matters; chaste.
- of, relating to, or acting on the mind, feelings, will, or character: moral support.
- resting upon convincing grounds of probability; virtual: a moral certainty.
- the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- the embodiment or type of something.
- principles or habits with respect to right or wrong conduct.
- concerned with or relating to human behaviour, esp the distinction between good and bad or right and wrong behaviour
- adhering to conventionally accepted standards of conduct
- based on a sense of right and wrong according to conscience
- having psychological rather than tangible effects
- having the effects but not the appearance of (victory or defeat)
- having a strong probability
- (of evidence, etc) based on a knowledge of the tendencies of human nature
- the lesson to be obtained from a fable or event
- a concise truth; maxim
- principles of behaviour in accordance with standards of right and wrong
