moral

AdjektivSubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈmɒɹəl//
Vereinigte Staaten//ˈmoɹəl//
//ˈmɑɹəl//

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

Adjektiv

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
She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.
2
Conforming to a given standard of right behaviour.
a moral action
3
Being sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
4
Capable of right and wrong action.
a moral agent
5
Probable but not proved.
a moral certainty
6
Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
a moral victory; moral support

Herkunft

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral From Middle English moral, from Old French moral, from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”) (first used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”)), from mos (“manner, custom”).

Substantiv

1
The ethical significance or practical lesson.
The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.
We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.
2
Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
a candidate with strong morals
3
A depiction of good or heroic actions.
4
veraltetA morality play.
5
veraltendA moral certainty.
"You'd better not collar anything now, because it's a moral that old Antonio would nip out behind one of those cases."
"One thing," added George, after the peculiarities of the situation had been sufficiently admitted, "it's going to be the last time I'm mixed up in what isn't strictly on the level. If we get clear this once with anything like tidy, old girl, it'll be that little cottage with the pigs and poultry for a moral."
6
veraltendAn exact counterpart.

Verb

1
To moralize.

Formen

Plural: morals
Komparativ: more moral
Superlativ: most moral
Präteritum: moraled, moralled
Partizip II: moraled, moralled
Partizip I: moraling, moralling
3. Person Singular: morals

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

Moral · A surname from Spanish.morale · The mental and emotional state of a person or group,…Morales · A town in Bolívar department, Colombia.

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