moral

moral is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as adjective, noun, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules.
2. adjective. Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life.
3. adjective. Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
4. adjective. Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.
5. adjective. Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
6. adjective. Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
7. noun. The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural.
8. noun. 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.
9. noun. A morality play. See Morality, 5.
10. intransitive verb. To moralize.
11. noun. the significance of a story or event

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

    Synonyms: lesson

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

    "moral sense"

    "a moral scrutiny"

13. adjective. psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect

    "a moral victory"

    "moral support"

Synonyms

lesson

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in moral:

molar, romal

Common word forms

morals, moraler, morales, morally, moralise, morality, moralize, moraller, moralless, moralness

Words from these letters

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