moral

Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.

moral judgments; a moral poem

a moral obligation

Conforming to a standard of right behaviour; sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment.

a moral action

The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.

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

The ethical significance or practical lesson.

The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf is that if you repeatedly lie, people won't believe you when you tell the truth.

We protest against the principle that the world of pure comedy is one into which no moral enters.

Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

a candidate with strong morals

A depiction of good or heroic actions.

A morality play.

A moral certainty.

"You'd better not collar anything now, because it's a moral that old Antonio would nip out behind one of those cases."

To moralize.