Synonyms for moral
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : mawr-uhl, mor- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔr əl, ˈmɒr- |
Top 10 synonyms for moral Other synonyms for the word moral
- aboveboard
- axiom
- blameless
- chaste
- conscientious
- correct
- courteous
- decent
- decorous
- dictum
- dutiful
- elevated
- epigram
- exemplary
- gnome
- good
- high-minded
- honorable
- immaculate
- incorruptible
- innocent
- just
- kindly
- kosher
- laudable
- maxim
- meet
- meritorious
- message
- modest
- moralism
- motto
- point
- praiseworthy
- precept
- pure
- respectable
- right
- rule
- saintly
- salt of the earth
- saw
- saying
- scrupulous
- seemly
- sermon
- square
- straight
- true-blue
- truism
- trustworthy
- truthful
- upright
- upstanding
- virtuous
- worthy
Définition of moral
Origin :- mid-14c., "pertaining to character or temperament" (good or bad), from Old French moral (14c.) and directly from Latin moralis "proper behavior of a person in society," literally "pertaining to manners," coined by Cicero ("De Fato," II.i) to translate Greek ethikos (see ethics) from Latin mos (genitive moris) "one's disposition," in plural, "mores, customs, manners, morals," of uncertain origin. Perhaps sharing a PIE root with English mood (1).
- Meaning "morally good, conforming to moral rules," is first recorded late 14c. of stories, 1630s of persons. Original value-neutral sense preserved in moral support, moral victory (with sense of "pertaining to character as opposed to physical action"). Related: Morally.
- adj ethical, honest
- noun lesson, proverb
- But moral conviction and legal proof are quite different things.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- From evil—physical, moral, and political—it is not our claim to be exempt.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- There is no limit to the moral baseness of the man of avarice.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The story will signally fail of its purpose if it does not carry its own moral with it.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- The moral discipline of the school was also called in question.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- There is a moral, and a religion too, even in the silent walls.
- Extract from : « Sunday at Home (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- But where the material and the moral exist together, what is to happen then?
- Extract from : « The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The conditions are appalling, but, according to the custom of the country, they are "moral."
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- The moral customs of their countries were possibly held by them lightly.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- As for the moral obligation, they have probably never so much as heard the words.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
Antonyms for moral
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