moral
English
/ˈmɒɹəl/, /ˈmɔɹəl/, /ˈmɑɹəl/
adj
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English moral derived from Old French moral derived from Latin mōrālis (relating to manners morals, moral).
Origin
Latin
mōrālis
Gloss
relating to manners morals, moral
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amoral English
- amoralism English
- amoralist English
- amoralistic English
- amorality English
- amorally English
- antimoral English
- antimoralist English
- antimoralistic English
- antimorality English
- extramoral English
- immoral English
- immoralism English
- immoralist English
- immoralistic English
- immoralize English
- immorally English
- juridico-moral English
- moralfag English
- moralist English
- moralistic English
- moralistically English
- morality English
- moralization English
- moralize English
- moraller English
- moralless English
- morally English
- moralness English
- moralphobia English
- non-moral English
- nonmoral English
- nonmoralistic English
- nonmorality English
- postmoral English
- premoral English
- psychomoral English
- sociomoral English
- sociomorally English
- unmoral English
- unmorality English
- ethica, (disciplina) ethica Latin
- ethicus Latin
- moralis Latin
- moralitas Latin
- moraliter Latin
- mōrālis Latin
- ēthicus Latin
- moral French
- moral Spanish, Castilian
- ἠθικός Ancient Greek
- ἦθος Ancient Greek
- etikk Norwegian Bokmål
- etisk Norwegian Bokmål
- moral Swedish
- etikk Norwegian Nynorsk
- etisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- moral Middle English
- moral Old French
- moral Catalan, Valencian
- moral Galician
- moralista Cebuano
- morāle Latvian
- բարեկամ Old Armenian
- բարեչափութիւն Old Armenian
- բարեսէր Old Armenian
- բարի Old Armenian
- բարւոք Old Armenian
- բարք Old Armenian
- moralesch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- moral Middle French
- morol Tok Pisin
- amoral
- unmoral
- immoral
- morally
- premoral
- moralist
- amorally
- moralfag
- moraller
- morality
- nonmoral
- moralize
- antimoral
- amorality
- non-moral
- amoralism
- immorally
- moralness
- moralless
- amoralist
- postmoral
- sociomoral
- immoralism
- moralistic
- immoralist
- extramoral
- unmorality
- immoralize
- moralphobia
- psychomoral
- nonmorality
- amoralistic
- moralization
- immoralistic
- sociomorally
- antimoralist
- antimorality
- nonmoralistic
- antimoralistic
- juridico-moral
- moralistically