Adverb

• In terms of morals or ethics.
• In keeping of requirements of morality.
• to all intents and purposes; practically.

Antonyms

• (in keeping of requirements of morality): immorally

Exemple

• Morally, it is a difficult issue to deal with.
• to behave morally

Adjective

• Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
• Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one’s conscience or ethical judgment.
• Capable of right and wrong action.
• Probable but not proved.
• Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.

Synonyms

• (conforming to a standard of right behaviour): ethical, incorruptible, noble, righteous, virtuous
• (probable but not proved): virtual

Antonyms

• immoral, unethical, corrupt, unscrupulous, amoral, non-moral, unmoral

Related terms

• morale
• morality
• moralize
• morals
• mores

Examples

• moral judgments;  a moral poem
• She had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.
• The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
• a moral obligation
• a moral agent
• a moral certainty
• a moral victory;  moral support

Noun

• (of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
• (chiefly in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
• (obsolete) A morality play.

Synonyms

• (moral practices or teachings): ethics, mores

Hyponyms

• golden rule

Examples

• The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won’t believe you when you tell the truth.
• We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.
• a candidate with strong morals

Verb

• (intransitive) To moralize.