Another word for moral
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Adjective
Teaching morality
- Intended to instruct.
- Morally instructive.
- Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.
See also:In accordance with principles of right or good conduct
- Having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence:
- Chaste:
- Having ideas and views based on what is right or intended to be right.
- Right or proper; just.
- Having a just or proper claim:
- Held or owned by just or proper claim:
- Morally upright; without guilt or sin:
- In accordance with virtue or morality:
- Righteous people considered as a group.
- Conforming with or conformable to justice, law, or morality:
- In accordance with fact, reason, or truth; correct:
- Fitting, proper, or appropriate:
- Characterized by appropriateness or suitability; fitting:
- Called for by rules or conventions; correct:
- Strictly following rules or conventions, especially in social behavior; seemly:
- Based on, marked by, or manifesting principle:
- Of, relating to, or dealing with ethics:
- Being in accordance with the accepted principles of right and wrong that govern the conduct of a profession:
- Relating to or being a drug dispensed solely on the prescription of a physician.
See also:Being on a high intellectual or moral level
- Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development.
- Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor:
- Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity:
- Characterized by elevated ideals or conduct; noble.
- Raised, especially above the ground:
- Increased in amount or degree:
- Morally or intellectually superior.
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Noun
The principle taught by a fable or parable, for example
- Something to be learned:
- A period of instruction; a class.
- An assignment or exercise in which something is to be learned.
See also:A rule or habit of conduct with regard to right and wrong or a body of such rules and habits.
- The quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct:
- A system or collection of ideas of right and wrong conduct:
- Virtuous conduct:
- The state, quality, or manner of being ethical.
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Another word for moral
Modifier
Good or right in conduct or character
- Having great reverence for God; pious.
- Divine.
- Careful to fulfill obligations.
- Expressing or filled with a sense of obligation.
- Without deceit or trickery; straightforward.
- Conforming to standards of conduct and good taste; suitable:
- Of pleasing appearance; handsome.
- In a seemly manner; suitably.
- Standing erect or upright.
- Morally upright; honest.
- Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development.
- Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor:
- Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity:
- Incapable of being morally corrupted.
- Not subject to corruption or decay.
- Meriting praise; highly commendable.
- To make or put right:
- To remove the errors or mistakes from:
- To indicate or mark the errors in:
- Having worth, merit, or value:
- Honorable; admirable:
- Having sufficient worth; deserving:
- Deserving commendation; praiseworthy.
- Worthy of imitation; commendable:
- Serving as a model.
- Serving as an illustration; typical.
- Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed:
- Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements:
- Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous:
- Of, relating to, resembling, or befitting a saint.
- Characterized by elevated ideals or conduct; noble.
- Having ideas and views based on what is right or intended to be right.
- Marked by or displaying integrity; upright:
- Not deceptive or fraudulent; genuine:
- Equitable; fair:
- Honorable and fair in one's dealings and actions:
- Consistent with what is morally right; righteous:
- Properly due or merited:
- Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality:
- Morally upright; moral or respectable:
- Kind or obliging:
- Consistently telling the truth; honest.
- Corresponding to reality; true.
- Characterized by appropriateness or suitability; fitting:
- Called for by rules or conventions; correct:
- Strictly following rules or conventions, especially in social behavior; seemly:
- Meriting respect or esteem; worthy.
- Of or appropriate to good or proper behavior or conventional conduct.
- Of moderately good quality:
- Conscientious and exact; painstaking.
- Having scruples; principled.
- Guided by or in accordance with the dictates of conscience; principled:
- Thorough and assiduous:
- Warranting trust; reliable.
- Deserving or winning honor and respect:
- Bringing distinction or recognition:
- Possessing and characterized by honor:
- Being in a vertical position or direction:
- Erect in posture or carriage:
- Adhering strictly to moral principles; righteous.
- Conforming with or conformable to justice, law, or morality:
- In accordance with fact, reason, or truth; correct:
- Fitting, proper, or appropriate:
- Being positive or desirable in nature; not bad or poor:
- Having the qualities that are desirable or distinguishing in a particular thing:
- Serving the desired purpose or end; suitable:
- Morally upright; without guilt or sin:
- In accordance with virtue or morality:
- Righteous people considered as a group.
- Having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence:
- Chaste:
- Based on, marked by, or manifesting principle:
- Of, relating to, or dealing with ethics:
- Being in accordance with the accepted principles of right and wrong that govern the conduct of a profession:
- Relating to or being a drug dispensed solely on the prescription of a physician.
Conforming to approved standards of sexual conduct
- Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality:
- Morally upright; moral or respectable:
- Kind or obliging:
- Having a homogeneous or uniform composition; not mixed:
- Free of dirt, pollutants, infectious agents, or other unwanted elements:
- Containing nothing inappropriate or extraneous:
- Not having experienced sexual intercourse; virginal.
- Abstaining from sexual relations that are not sanctioned by certain religious laws or moral principles.
- Abstaining from sexual relations; celibate.
- Having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence:
- Chaste:
Moralizing
- Exhibiting an attitude of superior virtue; self-righteously pious.
- Behaving with sanctimony:
- Characterized by sanctimony:
- Conveying an admonition or a warning:
- A letter of admonition, such as one from a bishop or ecclesiastical court.
- Inclined or given to tedious and excessive moralizing; didactic.
- Characterized by or displaying a concern with morality.
- Given to making moral judgments, especially in a self-righteous or judgmental manner.
- Intended to instruct.
- Morally instructive.
- Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.
Synonym Study
- Righteous implies being morally blameless or justifiable righteous anger
- Virtuous implies a morally excellent character, connoting integrity, self-discipline, or often, specif., chastity
- Ethical implies conformity with an elaborated, ideal code of moral principles, sometimes, specif., with the code of a particular profession an ethical lawyer
- Moral implies conformity with generally accepted standards of goodness or rightness in conduct or character, sometimes, specif., in sexual conduct a moral person
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