Moral vs. Morale
Moraladjective
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
Moraladjective
Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
Moraladjective
Capable of right and wrong action.
Moraladjective
Probable but not proved.
Moraladjective
Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
Moralnoun
(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
Moralnoun
Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
Moralnoun
(obsolete) A morality play.
Moraladjective
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.
Moraladjective
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.
Moraladjective
Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
Moraladjective
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.
Moraladjective
Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; - opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
Moraladjective
Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
Moralnoun
The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; - usually in the plural.
Moralnoun
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.
Moralnoun
A morality play. See Morality, 5.
Moralverb
To moralize.
Moralnoun
the significance of a story or event;
Moraladjective
relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics;
Moraladjective
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles;
Moraladjective
adhering to ethical and moral principles;
Moraladjective
arising from the sense of right and wrong;
Moraladjective
psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect;
Moraladjective
based on strong likelihood or firm conviction rather than actual evidence;
Moral
A moral (from Latin morālis) is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader, or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim.
Moralenoun
The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.
Moralenoun
The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like.
Moralenoun
a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
Moralenoun
the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
Morale
Morale, also known as esprit de corps (French pronunciation: [ɛspʀi də kɔʀ]), is the capacity of a group's members to maintain belief in an institution or goal, particularly in the face of opposition or hardship. Morale is often referenced by authority figures as a generic value judgment of the willpower, obedience, and self-discipline of a group tasked with performing duties assigned by a superior.
