• noun:   the significance of a story or event

  Example: "The moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"

• adjective:   concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles

  Example: "Moral sense"

• adjective:   psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect

  Example: "A moral victory"

• adjective:   arising from the sense of right and wrong

  Example: "A moral obligation"

• adjective:   relating to principles of right and wrong; i.e. to morals or ethics

  Example: "Moral philosophy"

• adjective:   adhering to ethical and moral principles

  Example: "Had the moral courage to stand alone"

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