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Definition of Morals
1. Noun. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
Generic synonyms: Motivation, Motive, Need
Specialized synonyms: Hedonism, Conscience, Moral Sense, Scruples, Sense Of Right And Wrong, Christ Within, Inner Light, Light, Light Within
Derivative terms: Ethical, Ethical, Ethician, Ethicist, Moralistic
Definition of Morals
1. Noun. (plural of moral) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Morals
1. rules of conduct with respect to right and wrong [n]
Medical Definition of Morals
1. Standards of conduct as right or wrong. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morals
Literary usage of Morals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"But in scientific questions, it suffices to hold that "in matters of faith and
morals" Scripture agrees with the truths of science; and that in other ..."
2. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"Since morality is concerned with conduct, any dualisms which are set up between
mind and activity must reflect themselves in the theory of morals. ..."
3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1864)
"HOW EQUALITY OF CONDITION CONTRIBUTES TO MAINTAIN GOOD morals IN AMERICA.
SOME philosophers and historians have said or hinted that the strictness of female ..."
4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1875)
"The same nations have been chaste or dissolute at different periods of their
history; the strictness or the la,xity of their morals depended therefore on ..."
5. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley, William Wait, William Blackstone (1875)
"THE fourth species of offences, more especially affecting the commonwealth, are
such as are against the public health and safety, morals and economy; ..."
6. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"morals The object of the Inquisition was the preservation of the purity of faith
and not the improvement of morals. The view taken of its duties as to the ..."
7. Sociology: Its Development and Applications by James Quayle Dealey (1920)
"These notions represent the three great stages of social morals or customs;
namely, a social action may be approved, prohibited, or regulated. ..."
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