Meaning

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

    moral judgments; a moral poem

    a moral obligation

    moralisch

    мора́льныйmorálʹnyj, нравоучи́тельныйnravoučítelʹnyj, назида́тельныйnazidátelʹnyj

    мора́льнийmorálʹnyj

    concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

  2. Conforming to a given standard of right behaviour.

    a moral action

    moralisch, sittlich

    мора́льныйmorálʹnyj, нра́вственныйnrávstvennyj, эти́ческийetíčeskij

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

  4. Capable of right and wrong action.

    a moral agent

    moralisch

  5. Probable but not proved.

    a moral certainty

    духо́вныйduxóvnyj, душе́вныйdušévnyj, вну́треннийvnútrennij

  6. Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

    a moral victory; moral support

    moralisch

    мора́льныйmorálʹnyj

Examples

152 sentences
  1. Tom is moral.

    Том моральний. — deniko

  2. We will give them moral support.

    ruМы окажем им моральную поддержку. — Biga

  3. Tom could use the moral support.

  4. I'm just here for moral support.

  5. It was the moral thing to do.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
relating to principles of right and wrong:
Русский
By meaning 3
relating to principles of right and wrong:
conforming to a standard of right behavior:
probable but not proved:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
relating to principles of right and wrong:
conforming to a standard of right behavior:

Origin

From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners

From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”)

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

more moral, most moral
Comparativemore moral Lesson
Superlativemost moral Lesson

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms

Antonyms

8 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmorality

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
moral — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto