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moral en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈmoɹəl/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈmɔ̟ɹəl] ~ [ˈmɞ̠ɹəl] (New-Zealand)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɑɹəl/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
• /ˈmɒɹəl/ (Eastern-New-England) without the father-bother merger
• /ˈmɔɹəl/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈmɒɹəl/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈmɔɾəl/ (Scotland)
• /ˈmɒɾəl/ (Wales)
• /ˈmɔɹəl/ (Australia)
• /ˈmɒɹəl/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral 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”).

Meanings

1. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude.
   • moral judgments; a moral poem
   • She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness. 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
   • a moral obligation
2. Conforming to a given standard of right behaviour.
   • a moral action
3. Being sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
   • The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
4. Capable of right and wrong action.
   • a moral agent
5. Probable but not proved.
   • a moral certainty
6. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
   • a moral victory; moral support

Forms

Antonyms

corrupt · unscrupulous · amoral · non-moral · pseudomoral · unethical · immoral · unmoral

Coordinates

ethical

Synonyms

decent · decent · appropriate · virtual (probable but not proved) · good · mannerly · decorous · noble (conforming to a standard of right behaviour) · incorruptible (conforming to a standard of right behaviour) · righteous (conforming to a standard of right behaviour) · ethical · righteous · virtuous (conforming to a standard of right behaviour) · courteous · proper · acceptable

Translations (121)

da moralsk (relating to principles of right and wrong) · da moralsk (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · tr ahlaki (relating to principles of right and wrong) · nl moreel (positively affecting the mind, confidence or will) · fi moraalinen (capable of right and wrong action) · ky моралдык (relating to principles of right and wrong) · pt moral (relating to principles of right and wrong) · nb sedelig (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · fi moraalinen (relating to principles of right and wrong) · pl moralny (relating to principles of right and wrong) · tr ahlakî (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · es moral (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · hu erkölcsi (relating to principles of right and wrong) · pl moralny (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · sv moralisk (positively affecting the mind, confidence or will) · tr moral verici (positively affecting the mind, confidence or will) · hy բարոյական (relating to principles of right and wrong) · gd moralta (relating to principles of right and wrong) · ru мора́льный (positively affecting the mind, confidence or will) · yi מאָראַליש (relating to principles of right and wrong) · yi מאָראַליש (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · az əxlaqi (relating to principles of right and wrong) · mk морален (relating to principles of right and wrong) · hy բարոյական (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · he מוּסָרִי (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · sq besë (relating to principles of right and wrong) · da sømmelig (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · hi नैतिक (relating to principles of right and wrong) · hu morális (relating to principles of right and wrong) · sk morálny (relating to principles of right and wrong) · sl moralen (relating to principles of right and wrong) · ja 倫理的な (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · de moralisch (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · sv moralisk (relating to principles of right and wrong) · ug ئەخلاقىي (relating to principles of right and wrong) · uk мора́льний (relating to principles of right and wrong) · hu morális (positively affecting the mind, confidence or will) · ru мора́льный (relating to principles of right and wrong) · nn sedeleg (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · ro moral (relating to principles of right and wrong) · ca moral (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · ja 倫理的な (relating to principles of right and wrong) · nl zedelijk (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · gd moralta (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · fr moral (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · cs morální (relating to principles of right and wrong) · da moralisk (positively affecting the mind, confidence or will) · tr ahlaki (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · sh мо̀ра̄лан (relating to principles of right and wrong) · fa اخلاقی (relating to principles of right and wrong) · fr moral (capable of right and wrong action) · ru духо́вный (probable but not proved) · et kõlbeline (relating to principles of right and wrong) · gd moralta (capable of right and wrong action) · tg ахлоқӣ (relating to principles of right and wrong) · lv morāls (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · fr moral (relating to principles of right and wrong) · nn sedug (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · ru вну́тренний (probable but not proved) · pt moral (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · ru душе́вный (probable but not proved) · ca moral (relating to principles of right and wrong) · ru назида́тельный (relating to principles of right and wrong) · ps اخلاقي (relating to principles of right and wrong) · ru мора́льный (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · gd moralta (positively affecting the mind, confidence or will) · bn নৈতিক (relating to principles of right and wrong) · eo morala (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · sv moralisk (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · tr ahlakî (relating to principles of right and wrong) · ru доброде́тельный (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · tk ahlakly (relating to principles of right and wrong) · hu morális (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · tr ahlaksal (relating to principles of right and wrong) · nl moreel (relating to principles of right and wrong) · bg нравоучителен (relating to principles of right and wrong) · cmn 道德的 (relating to principles of right and wrong) · de sittlich (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · hu erkölcsös (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · de moralisch (positively affecting the mind, confidence or will) · ckb ئەخلاق (relating to principles of right and wrong) · uz axloqiy (relating to principles of right and wrong) · gl moral (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · de moralisch (relating to principles of right and wrong) · it morale (relating to principles of right and wrong) · be мара́льны (relating to principles of right and wrong) · el ηθικός (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · ckb ئەخلاق (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · fi moraalinen (positively affecting the mind, confidence or will) · ru нра́вственный (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · hi नैतिक (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · ru эти́ческий (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · gl moral (relating to principles of right and wrong) · kk моральдық (relating to principles of right and wrong) · bg нра́вствен (capable of right and wrong action) · el ηθικός (capable of right and wrong action) · ka მორალური (relating to principles of right and wrong) · bg нра́вствен (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · gv beasagh (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · pdt sitlich (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · de moralisch (capable of right and wrong action) · la probus (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · bg доброде́телен (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · et moraalne (relating to principles of right and wrong) · fi moraalinen (conforming to a standard of right behavior) · da moralsk (capable of right and wrong action) · el ηθικός (positively affecting the mind, confidence or will) · sh mòrālan (relating to principles of right and wrong) · el ηθικός (relating to principles of right and wrong) · lv morāls (relating to principles of right and wrong) · kk ақылақтық (relating to principles of right and wrong) · ar أَخْلَاقِيّ (relating to principles of right and wrong) · bg мора́лен (relating to principles of right and wrong) · sq moral (relating to principles of right and wrong) · hu morális (capable of right and wrong action) · ru нравоучи́тельный (relating to principles of right and wrong) · he מוּסָר (relating to principles of right and wrong) · nb moralsk (relating to principles of right and wrong) · ur اَخْلاقی (relating to principles of right and wrong) · lt moralinis (relating to principles of right and wrong) · es moral (relating to principles of right and wrong)

moral en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmoɹəl/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈmɔ̟ɹəl] ~ [ˈmɞ̠ɹəl] (New-Zealand)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɑɹəl/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
• /ˈmɒɹəl/ (Eastern-New-England) without the father-bother merger
• /ˈmɔɹəl/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈmɒɹəl/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈmɔɾəl/ (Scotland)
• /ˈmɒɾəl/ (Wales)
• /ˈmɔɹəl/ (Australia)
• /ˈmɒɹəl/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral 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”).

Meanings

1. (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
   • We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters. 1841, Thomas Macaulay, Comic Dramatists of the Restoration (printed in Edinburgh Review, January 1841)
   • The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.
2. (in-plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
   • a candidate with strong morals
3. (of a media) A depiction of good or heroic actions.
4. (obsolete) A morality play.
5. (dated, slang) A moral certainty.
   • "You'd better not collar anything now, because it's a moral that old Antonio would nip out behind one of those cases." 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 22:
   • "One thing," added George, after the peculiarities of the situation had been sufficiently admitted, "it's going to be the last time I'm mixed up in what isn't strictly on the level. If we get clear this once with anything like tidy, old girl, it'll be that little cottage with the pigs and poultry for a moral." 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
6. (dated, slang) An exact counterpart.

Forms

Hyponyms

golden rule

Synonyms

ethics (moral practices or teachings) · mores (moral practices or teachings) · message (a depiction of good or heroic actions)

Translations (58)

uk повча́ння (the moral significance or practical lesson) · uk напуча́ння (the moral significance or practical lesson) · hi नैतिक (the moral significance or practical lesson) · vi đạo đức (moral practices or teachings) · de Moral (the moral significance or practical lesson) · ru назида́ние (the moral significance or practical lesson) · gl moral (moral practices or teachings) · ru мора́ль (moral practices or teachings) · es moraleja (the moral significance or practical lesson) · hu erkölcs (moral practices or teachings) · ga múineadh (the moral significance or practical lesson) · mk поука (the moral significance or practical lesson) · uk мора́ль (the moral significance or practical lesson) · lv morāle (the moral significance or practical lesson) · sv sensmoral (the moral significance or practical lesson) · cmn 教訓 /教训 (the moral significance or practical lesson) · pt moralidade (moral practices or teachings) · da moral (moral practices or teachings) · fr morale (moral practices or teachings) · be мара́ль (the moral significance or practical lesson) · ar عِظَة (the moral significance or practical lesson) · ca moralitat (the moral significance or practical lesson) · hu morál (moral practices or teachings) · sh по̏ука (the moral significance or practical lesson) · bg поу́ка (the moral significance or practical lesson) · tr ahlak (moral practices or teachings) · cmn 道德 (moral practices or teachings) · yi מאָראַל (the moral significance or practical lesson) · gd teagasg (the moral significance or practical lesson) · pl morał (the moral significance or practical lesson) · ru поуче́ние (the moral significance or practical lesson) · yi מאָראַל (moral practices or teachings) · ru мора́ль (the moral significance or practical lesson) · de Moral (moral practices or teachings) · pl morały (moral practices or teachings) · fi opetus (the moral significance or practical lesson) · hi नैतिक (moral practices or teachings) · ja 教訓 (the moral significance or practical lesson) · fr moralité (the moral significance or practical lesson) · ca moral (moral practices or teachings) · fi moraali (moral practices or teachings) · la mōrālitās (moral practices or teachings) · nl moraal (moral practices or teachings) · ga teagasc (the moral significance or practical lesson) · bg мора́л (moral practices or teachings) · lv morāle (moral practices or teachings) · be павуча́нне (the moral significance or practical lesson) · gv bun-cheeal (the moral significance or practical lesson) · nl moraal (the moral significance or practical lesson) · tr hikayenin özü (the moral significance or practical lesson) · ko 교훈 (the moral significance or practical lesson) · ru нра́вственность (moral practices or teachings) · pt moral (the moral significance or practical lesson) · gd teagasg (moral practices or teachings) · sh pȍuka (the moral significance or practical lesson) · sv moral (moral practices or teachings) · hu tanulság (the moral significance or practical lesson) · bg нра́вственост (moral practices or teachings)

moral en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmoɹəl/ (Canada, General-American)
• [ˈmɔ̟ɹəl] ~ [ˈmɞ̠ɹəl] (New-Zealand)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɑɹəl/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
• /ˈmɒɹəl/ (Eastern-New-England) without the father-bother merger
• /ˈmɔɹəl/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈmɒɹəl/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈmɔɾəl/ (Scotland)
• /ˈmɒɾəl/ (Wales)
• /ˈmɔɹəl/ (Australia)
• /ˈmɒɹəl/ (Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral 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”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To moralize.

Forms

Deriveds

moralfag · medicomoral · moralphobia · moral leper · moral victory · moral minimum · moral futurism · postmoral · moral agency · moral universe · morally · moralless · moral agent · moral event horizon · moral injury · psychomoral · moral police · moral panic · moral diversity · moral science · juridico-moral · premoral · extramoral · moral relativism · moral low ground · moral high ground · moral order · hypermoral · nonmoral · moral obligation · moral policing · moral hazard · moral code · moral system · moral suasion · moral imperative · moralization · moral compass · Moral Majority · moral turpitude · moral authority · moral sense · moral arithmetic · moralistic · double moral · moral fibre · moral nihilism · moral support · moral dilemma · moralness · moral fiber · moral objectivism · moral distress · moral realism · moral circle · moral philosophy · moral of the story · moral duty · moral bankruptcy · sociomoral · ethicomoral

Relateds

moralize · morality · morals · morale · mores