moral

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

more moral

Superlative

most moral

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

morals

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude.

   • She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.

2. 2.Conforming to a given standard of right behaviour.

3. 3.Being sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.

4. 4.Capable of right and wrong action.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The ethical significance or practical lesson.

   • We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.
   • 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. 2.A depiction of good or heroic actions.

3. 3.Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

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