moral
/ˈmoɹəl/ adjective B2- Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially conforming to principles of rectitude. · moral judgments; a moral poem· a moral obligation
- Conforming to a given standard of right behaviour. · a moral action
- Being sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
- Capable of right and wrong action. · a moral agent
- Probable but not proved. · a moral certainty
- Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will. · a moral victory; moral support
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The courtyard of this quarter is enclosed by enormous walls, over which the sun glances obliquely, when it deigns to penetrate into this gulf of moral and physical deformity.
Know, then, what I thought I had already told you, that in participation in this world’s affairs, more especially in their moral aspects, the Count of Monte Cristo has never ceased to entertain the scruples and even the superstitions of the East.
de Villefort may prove the moral and political physician of this province; if so, he will have achieved a noble work.”
Before turning to those moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the enquirer begin by mastering more elementary problems.
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