Iniquitynoun
Deviation from what is right; wickedness, gross injustice.
Moraladjective
Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
âmoral judgments;â; âa moral poemâ;
Iniquitynoun
An unfair act or unconscionable deed.
Moraladjective
Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.
âa moral obligationâ;
Iniquitynoun
Hostility, malevolence, lawlessness.
Moraladjective
Capable of right and wrong action.
âa moral agentâ;
Iniquitynoun
Denial of the sovereignty of God.
Moraladjective
Probable but not proved.
âa moral certaintyâ;
Iniquitynoun
Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; lack of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery; the iniquity of an unjust judge.
âTill the world from his perfection fellInto all filth and foul iniquity.â;
Moraladjective
Positively affecting the mind, confidence, or will.
âa moral victory;â; âmoral supportâ;
Iniquitynoun
An iniquitous act or thing; a deed of injustice or unrighteousness; a sin; a crime.
âYour iniquities have separated between you and your God.â;
Moralnoun
(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.
Iniquitynoun
A character or personification in the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice and sometimes of another. See Vice.
âActs old Iniquity, and in the fitOf miming gets the opinion of a wit.â;
Moralnoun
Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.
Iniquitynoun
absence of moral or spiritual values;
âthe powers of darknessâ;
Moralnoun
(obsolete) A morality play.
Iniquitynoun
morally objectionable behavior
Moraladjective
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.
âKeep at the least within the compass of moral actions, which have in them vice or virtue.â; âMankind is broken loose from moral bands.â; âShe had wandered without rule or guidance in a moral wilderness.â;
Iniquitynoun
an unjust act
Moraladjective
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.
âThe wiser and more moral part of mankind.â;
Moraladjective
Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
âA moral agent is a being capable of those actions that have a moral quality, and which can properly be denominated good or evil in a moral sense.â;
Moraladjective
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.
Moraladjective
Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; - opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
Moraladjective
Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
Moralnoun
The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; - usually in the plural.
âCorrupt in their morals as vice could make them.â;
Moralnoun
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.
âThus may we gather honey from the weed,And make a moral of the devil himself.â; âTo point a moral, or adorn a tale.â; âWe protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.â;
Moralnoun
A morality play. See Morality, 5.
Moralverb
To moralize.
Moralnoun
the significance of a story or event;
âthe moral of the story is to love thy neighborâ;
Moraladjective
relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics;
âmoral philosophyâ;
Moraladjective
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles;
âmoral senseâ; âa moral scrutinyâ; âa moral lessonâ; âa moral quandaryâ; âmoral convictionsâ; âa moral lifeâ;
Moraladjective
adhering to ethical and moral principles;
âit seems ethical and rightâ; âfollowed the only honorable course of actionâ; âhad the moral courage to stand aloneâ;
Moraladjective
arising from the sense of right and wrong;
âa moral obligationâ;
Moraladjective
psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect;
âa moral victoryâ; âmoral supportâ;
Moraladjective
based on strong likelihood or firm conviction rather than actual evidence;
âa moral certaintyâ;
Moral
A moral (from Latin morÄlis) is a message that is conveyed or a lesson to be learned from a story or event. The moral may be left to the hearer, reader, or viewer to determine for themselves, or may be explicitly encapsulated in a maxim.