Synonyms for moral
ˈmɔr əl, ˈmɒr-moral

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1. moralnoun

   Antonyms:
   amoral, non-moral, unmoral, immoral

2. moraladjective

   Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.

   The moral of the is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.

   Antonyms:
   unmoral, non-moral, immoral, amoral

3. moraladjective

   Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

   a moral obligation

   Synonyms:
   virtuous, righteous, ethical, noble, incorruptible, mores, ethics

   Antonyms:
   amoral, non-moral, unmoral, immoral

4. moraladjective

   a moral agent

   Antonyms:
   non-moral, amoral, immoral, unmoral

5. moraladjective

   Probable but not proved.

   a moral certainty

   Synonyms:
   virtual

   Antonyms:
   non-moral, immoral, unmoral, amoral

6. moraladjective

   a moral victory, moral support

   Antonyms:
   immoral, non-moral, amoral, unmoral

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1. moral

   Synonyms:
   innocent, just, lawful, legal, meritorious, right, virtuous

   Antonyms:
   abominable, criminal, culpable, felonious, flagitious, guilty, illegal, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, sinful, unlawful, vicious, vile, wicked, wrong

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1. moral

   Synonyms:
   mental, ideal, intellectual, spiritual, ethical, probable, inferential, presumptive, analogous, virtuous, well-conducted

   Antonyms:
   physical, material, practical, demonstrative, mathematical, immoral, vicious

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1. moral, lessonadjective

   the significance of a story or event

   "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"

   Synonyms:
   object lesson, lesson, deterrent example, example

   Antonyms:
   degenerate, scandalous, debauched, shocking, physical, fast, dissolute, scrofulous, shameful, degraded, dissipated, immoral, profligate, riotous, libertine, disgraceful

2. moraladjective

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

   "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"

   Antonyms:
   dissipated, fast, degenerate, profligate, disgraceful, shocking, debauched, riotous, physical, dissolute, shameful, immoral, scrofulous, scandalous, libertine, degraded

3. moraladjective

   psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect

   "a moral victory"; "moral support"

   Antonyms:
   shameful, dissolute, scrofulous, degraded, physical, profligate, degenerate, immoral, riotous, debauched, disgraceful, shocking, libertine, fast, dissipated, scandalous

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1. moraladjective

   Synonyms:
   ethical, of morals, of ethics, regarding duties, touching obligations

2. moraladjective

   Synonyms:
   accountable, bound by duty, bound to do what is right

3. moraladjective

   Synonyms:
   virtuous, good, just, upright, honest, of good principles

4. moraladjective

   Synonyms:
   probable, not demonstrative

5. moralnoun

   Synonyms:
   practical application (of a fable, &c.)

6. moralnoun

   Synonyms:
   practical lesson (of any event)

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1. moraladjective

   Synonyms:
   ethical, virtuous, good, accountable, responsible, probable

   Antonyms:
   immoral, licentious

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1. List of paraphrases for "moral":

   morales, ethical, morale, morality, morals, morais, morally, non-pecuniary, legal, ethics, juridical, literary, non-material, mental, psychological, immoral, ethic, spiritual, juristic

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1. The Times:

   There’s a moral and psychic cost to participating in the fiction that people who work for Trump are in any sense public servants.

2. John Bracey:

   I have major concerns on so many levels, it appears to be a decision made to benefit the most privileged and leaves everyone else to their own devices. We’re sacrificing the health of immunocompromised students, elderly staff, and those of us with young children. I just ca n’t find a public health or moral justification for removing them.

3. James Comey:

   A person who sees moral equivalence in Charlottesville, who talks about and treats women like they're pieces of meat, who lies constantly about matters big and small and insists the American people believe it, that person's not fit to be president of the United States on moral grounds.

4. Kamilah Campbell:

   Although this is a test administered by a private entity, and not M-DCPS, we feel a moral obligation to intervene.

5. Donald Trump:

   Donald Trump offers no moral leadership. Donald Trump has no interest in unifying the country. There's no evidence the presidency has awakened Donald Trump conscience.