moral, morale, morall

& s. [Fr. moral, from Lat. moral is relating to conduct, from mos (gen it. mor is ) =a manner, a custom; Span. moral; Ital. morale.] A. As adjective : 1. Pertaining or relating to morality or morals; relating to right and wrong as determined by duty; as, moral law, moral courage. 2. Acting in accordance with or governed and guided by the laws of right and wrong; virtuous. "A moral agent is a being that is capable of those actions that have a moral quality."-Edwards: On the Freedom of the Will , pt. i., § 5. 3. Done or carried out in accordance with the laws of right and wrong. "The song was moral , and so far was right." Cowper: Table Talk , 599. 4. Sufficient for all practical purposes; such as is admitted as sufficient in the general busine of life. 5. Containing a moral; symbolical, allegorical. "A you sand moral paintings I can show." Shakesp.: Timon of Athens, i. 1. 6. Hidden; symbolical. "I have no moral meaning: I meant plain holy-thistle." -Shakesp.: Much Ado about Nothing , iii. 4. 7. Moralizing. 8. Not practical, but by exercise of influence or persuasion. "Italy will on all occasions afford moral support to England in her Egyptian policy."- London Daily Chron icle. IMG:content-1394.png:[blocks in formation] 9. Acting on the mind or feelings. mo-răl-1-tỹ, s. [Fr. moral ité , from Lat. moral"To remain would have been to lose all the moral effect itas , from moral is moral (q. v.); Sp. moral i dad ; of victory."- London Daily Chronicle. B. As substantive: 1. Morality; the doctrine or practice of the duties of life. 2. ( Pl .): Conduct, behavior; mode of life as regards right and wrong; as, a man of very loose morals . 3. ( Pl.): Moral philosophy; ethics. 4. The practical le on inculcated or intended to be taught by anything; the doctrine inculcated in a fiction; a truth proposed. "The moral is the first busine of the poet, as being the groundwork of his instruction."-Dryden: Dufres IMG:content-1395.png:[blocks in formation] 7. A morality. [MORALITY, 4.] 8. A certainty 9. An exact counterpart or likene . "I have seen the moral of my own behavior very frequent in England."- Swift : Gulliver's Travels , ch. v. moral-evidence, s. Evidence sufficient to sat. isfy the mind, although not susceptible of rigid and incontrovertible demonstration. "There was abundant moral evidence against these enemies of their country."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xix. moral-insanity, s . Mental Pathol .: A perversion of the natural feelings, affections, temper, habits, and moral disposi tions, at first without any considerable disorder of the intellect. It may take various forms, as An drop hon oman i a, Pyromania, Kleptomania, a, Erotomania, Nymphomania, or Theomania (q. v.). It is often difficult or impo ible to draw the distinction between moral insanity and ordinary criminal impulse or wickedne .