Definition of MORAL. Meaning of MORAL. Synonyms of MORAL
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Definition of MORAL
Moral Moral Mor"al, v. i.
To moralize. [Obs.] --Shak.
Moral Moral Mor"al, n.
1. The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of
living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; --
usually in the plural.
Corrupt in their morals as vice could make them.
--South.
2. 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.
Thus may we gather honey from the weed, And make a
moral of the devil himself. --Shak.
To point a moral, or adorn a tale. --Johnson.
We protest against the principle that the world of
pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.
--Macaulay.
3. A morality play. See Morality, 5.