noun
- The significance of a story or event.
- usage: "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"
- synonyms: lesson
adjective
- Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles.
- usage: "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"
- Psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect.
- usage: "a moral victory"; "moral support"
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