(a.) Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules by which such intentions and actions ought to be directed; relating to the practice, manners, or conduct of men as social beings in relation to each other, as respects right and wrong, so far as they are properly subject to rules.
(a.) Conformed to accepted rules of right; acting in conformity with such rules; virtuous; just; as, a moral man. Used sometimes in distinction from religious; as, a moral rather than a religious life.
(a.) Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
(a.) Acting upon or through one's moral nature or sense of right, or suited to act in such a manner; as, a moral arguments; moral considerations. Sometimes opposed to material and physical; as, moral pressure or support.
(a.) Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
(a.) Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
(n.) The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural.
(n.) The inner meaning or significance of a fable, a narrative, an occurrence, an experience, etc.; the practical lesson which anything is designed or fitted to teach; the doctrine meant to be inculcated by a fiction; a maxim.
(n.) A morality play. See Morality, 5.
(v. i.) To moralize.
Example Sentences:
(1) Along the spectrum of loyalties lie multiple loyalties and ambiguous loyalties, and the latter, if unresolved, create moral ambiguities.
(2) With respect to family environment, a history of sexual abuse was associated with perceptions that families of origin had less cohesion, more conflict, less emphasis on moral-religious matters, less emphasis on achievement, and less of an orientation towards intellectual, cultural, and recreational pursuits.
(3) The matter is now in the hands of the Guernsey police and the law officers.” One resident who is a constant target of the paper and has complained to police, Rosie Guille, said the allegations had a “huge impact on morale” on the island.
(4) Guardian Australia reported last week that morale at the national laboratory had fallen dramatically, with one in three staff “seriously considering” leaving their jobs in the wake of the cuts.
(5) And this has opened up a loophole for businesses to be morally bankrupt, ignoring the obligations to its workforce because no legal conduct has been established.” Whatever the outcome of the pending lawsuits, it’s unlikely that just one model will work for everybody.
(6) If we’re waiting around for the Democratic version to sail through here, or the Republican version to sail through here, all those victims who are waiting for us to do something will wait for days, months, years, forever and we won’t get anything done.” Senator Bill Nelson, whose home state of Florida is still reeling from the Orlando shooting, said he felt morally obligated to return to his constituents with results.
(7) In his notorious 1835 Minute on Education , Lord Macaulay articulated the classic reason for teaching English, but only to a small minority of Indians: “We must do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indians in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect.” The language was taught to a few to serve as intermediaries between the rulers and the ruled.
(8) This paper discusses the relationship between the psychoanalytic concept of character and the moral considerations of 'character'.
(9) "This will obviously be a sensitive topic for the US administration, but partners in the transatlantic alliance must be clear on common rules of engagement in times of conflict if we are to retain any moral standing in the world," Verhofstadt said.
(10) This continuing influence of Nazi medicine raises profound questions for the epistemology and morality of medicine.
(11) But with the advantages and attractions that Scotland already has, and, more importantly, taking into account the morale boost, the sheer energisation of a whole people that would come about because we would finally have our destiny at least largely back in our own hands again – I think we could do it.
(12) But none of those calling on Obama to act carries the moral authority of Gore, who has devoted his post-political career to building a climate movement.
(13) Fleeting though it may have been (he jetted off to New York this morning and is due in Toronto on Saturday), there was a poignant reason for his appearance: he was here to play a tribute set to Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of house and one of Morales's closest friends, who died suddenly in March.
(14) The government also faced considerable international political pressure, with the United Nations' special rapporteur on torture, Juan Méndez, calling publicly on the government to "provide full redress to the victims, including fair and adequate compensation", and writing privately to David Cameron, along with two former special rapporteurs, to warn that the government's position was undermining its moral authority across the world.
(15) Father Vincent Twomey said that given the damage done by Smyth and the repercussions of his actions, "one way or another the cardinal has unfortunately lost his moral credibility".
(16) This is a moral swamp, but it's one the Salvation Army claims to be stepping into out of charity .
(17) In what appeared to be pointed criticism of increasingly firm rhetoric from Cameron on multinational tax engineering, Carr insisted tax avoidance "cannot be about morality – there are no absolutes".
(18) For an industry built on selling ersatz rebellion to teenagers, finding the moral high ground was always going to be tricky.
(19) A vigorous progressive physical and occupational therapy program producing tangible results does more for the patient's morale than any verbal encouragement could possibly do.
(20) We have a moral duty to conserve them and to educate people about their habitat, health and the threats they face."
Outfox
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) I had to adapt to her game and was finally able to get some rhythm going towards the end of the second set.” Mattek-Sands has never gone past the fourth round of a grand slam but she has enjoyed success in doubles, winning both the Australian and French Open titles this year, and she outfoxed Williams early on with her touch and craft.
(2) In truth, however, Marriner's 13th dismissal – that of Ryan Shawcross for twice being outfoxed by more nimble-footed opponents either side of the interval – merely galvanized Stoke.
(3) If El Chapo felt any exhilaration that he had done it again, outfoxed them all and slipped the net, reality quickly robbed him of that fantasy: black-uniformed federal police intercepted the outlaws.
(4) Pacquiao, at 35, outworked and outfoxed a younger champion widely regarded as among the top five pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
(5) Outfoxed on technology, the junta responds during times of stress by simply unplugging the internet, especially to stop unwelcome news getting out of the country.
(6) Wily David Carney chalked one up for the nay-saying ageists by outfoxing youngster Thomas Deng to execute a superb run and finish, one which was harder than it may have seemed.
(7) Soldado once again showed that ice runs through his veins, his stutter-step and finish outfoxing Michel Vorm, as it had done Julián Speroni of Crystal Palace in the previous weekend's 1-0 win.
(8) But US politicians, diplomats and analysts warn that after years of mostly outfoxing his foreign backers when the Afghan war was a top policy priority, Karzai may have severely miscalculated the mood in an economically strained US, and a White House distracted by other international crises from Syria to China.
(9) People hold on to outdated technology for any number of reasons, from sentimental through aesthetic or financial to a determination to outfox the future by showing that the old stuff still works.
(10) Or was it really some new form of war – one that could outfox Russia’s enemies without firing a shot?
(11) Shortly after Greece’s new leftist government struck a deal with creditors to extend the country’s bailout to the end of next month, the finance minister and glamour boy for the Syriza radicals waxed triumphalist about how he had outfoxed the eurozone.
(12) So, the only goal – after Adebayor outfoxed Glenn Whelan to get to the byline and stood up the cross for the onrushing Rose to power home – was greeted by jeers.
(13) Yet Liverpool played as though filled with adrenaline and, again, Rodgers had assembled his team in a way to outfox one of their key rivals.
(14) It’s the economies that tank and bomb that can’t support the health service that I think we all need.” Best audience line: In response to the prime minister’s polite “I don’t agree with you, sir,” the blunt answer: “Well you’re wrong.” Gaby Hinsliff Facebook Twitter Pinterest The British public outfox David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg during the BBC’s Question Time Election Leaders Special on Thursday Ed Miliband: too little too late One week to go, the polls turning the wrong way – this was the moment when Ed Miliband had to haul the waverers back into line.
(15) Outfoxed, out of luck and abandoned as never before, he looked tired and downcast.
(16) We were in dialogue with the theater before Tribeca, trying to book [the Angelika] for June,” said Beth Portello, a spokeswoman for Cinema Libre Studio, a small film distributor whose most recognizable hit was Outfoxed, a documentary about the Fox News empire.
(17) Bastian Schweinsteiger was outfoxed by Xavi Hernández a couple of times in the opening moments but continued to close him down energetically.