Definition: 1. The significance of a story or event. 2. Relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics. 3. Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles. 4. Adhering to ethical and moral principles. 5. Arising from the sense of right and wrong.
Use 'moral' in a sentence:
1. You have to give her top marks for moral guts.
2. What is the moral of this fable?
3. They asked her some searching questions on moral philosophy and logic.
4. He turns every subject into a moral discussion.
5. The people who will be on the committee are moral, cultured, competent people.
6. There are no absolute, invariable moral rules.
7. It does require moral strength.
8. Right and wrong are, for her, moral absolutes.
9. Perhaps he was agonizing over the moral issues involved.
10. Moral values cannot be taught in a vacuum.
11. Governments have at least a moral obligation to answer these questions.
12. The Government had a moral, if not a legal duty to pay compensation.
13. Raeder was also at pains to see that each nominee was of strong moral fibre.
14. Don't you think they speak well for our civic pride and moral upbringing?
15. The moral of the story is simple.
16. I think the moral of the story is let the buyer beware.
17. Her case falls within the ambit of moral law.
18. He has high moral principles.
19. NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions.
20. Moral or legal issues might arise.
21. But it does require moral strength.
22. I overcame my moral scruples.
23. The job was to call on all her diplomatic skills and moral courage.
24. This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical standpoint.
25. He cared not a whit for the social, political or moral aspects of literature.
26. She describes her own moral dilemma in making the film.
27. She said her party had won a moral victory.
28. A preemptive strike against a sovereign nation raises moral and legal issues.
29. And the moral is that crime doesn't pay.
30. Her main argument was a moral one.
31. Moral as well as financial support was what the West should provide.
32. Emphasis was placed on the school as a transmitter of moral values.
33. And the moral of the story is: always mind your mother!
34. Young people these days have no morals.
35. My father has always had high moral standards.
36. I think we have a moral responsibility to help these countries.
37. Abortion is once again a controversial political and moral issue.
38. The newspapers were full of moral outrage at the weakness of other countries.
39. The moral question is not entirely separable from the financial one.
40. Dickens was lauded for his social and moral sensitivity.
41. He came along to lend me moral support.
42. My sister came along just to give me some moral support.
43. The moral characters of men are formed not by heredity but by environment.
44. We have a moral obligation to protect the environment.
45. The author's style suggests a certain ambiguity in his moral view.
