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moral/ˈmɒrəl/
▶adjective
- 1 concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour.
■ examining the nature of ethics and the foundations of good and bad character: moral philosophers.
- 2 based on or adhering to the code of behaviour that is considered socially right or acceptable.
- 1 a lesson that can be derived from a story or experience.
- 2 (morals) standards of behaviour, or principles of right and wrong.
– derivatives
morally adverb.
morally adverb.
– origin ME: from L. moralis, from mos, mor- ‘custom’, (pl.) mores ‘morals’.
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