MORALS Synonyms

• an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

• moral soundness

• beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)

• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• a rule or standard especially of good behavior

• a basic truth or law or assumption

• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• rule of personal conduct

• (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

• conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind

• established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence

• conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

• a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

• the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

• a board measure = 1980 board feet

• the value behind the money in a monetary system

• an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)

• any distinctive flag

• commonly used or supplied

• regularly and widely used or sold

• the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

• any admirable quality or attribute

• morality with respect to sexual relations

• a particular moral excellence

• a unit of instruction

• punishment intended as a warning to others

• the significance of a story or event

• a task assigned for individual study

• (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group