adj.
- concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour.
▸examining the nature of ethics and the foundations of good and bad character:
moral philosophers.
- based on or adhering to the code of behaviour that is considered socially right or acceptable.
n.
- a lesson that can be derived from a story or experience.
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(morals)
standards of behaviour, or principles of right and wrong.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from L. moralis, from mos, mor- ‘custom’, (pl.) mores ‘morals’.