1. moral - Noun
2. moral - Adjective
3. moral - Verb
4. moral - Adjective Satellite
5. Moral - Proper noun
Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules.
Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life.
Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.
Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural.
The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim.
A morality play. See Morality, 5.
To moralize.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe dependence of family life makes a person more moral. Aleksandr Pushkin
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. Aristotle
The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive, is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts. Charles Darwin
Moral people sleep well at night, but the immoral seem to get pleasure from the waking hours much more. Namibian Proverb
He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it. Chinese Proverb
There is one moral duty that moralists underrate almost criminally - the duty to enjoy god's world. Jewish Proverb