Clues for the word "MORAL"
We've had 140 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 366 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on October 22, 2026.
Definition of moral
- a. - 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.
- a. - 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.
- a. - Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
- a. - 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.
- a. - Supported by reason or probability; practically sufficient; -- opposed to legal or demonstrable; as, a moral evidence; a moral certainty.
- a. - Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales.
- n. - The doctrine or practice of the duties of life; manner of living as regards right and wrong; conduct; behavior; -- usually in the plural.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A morality play. See Morality, 5.
- v. i. - To moralize.
Referring Clues
- Upright
- Fable finale
- Part of a homily
- End of story?
- Aesopian coda
- Parable's message
- Virtuous
- Storybook ending?
- Certain lesson
- Words to live by
- Fable conclusion
- Tale end
- Storybook ending, sometimes
- Fable's end
- Story's end, perhaps
- End of an Aesop fable
- Kind of support
- Platitude after a parable
- End of an Aesopian fable
- High-minded
- Fable ending
- Fable feature
- Majority leader?
- Aesop's lesson
- Aesop fable lesson
- Story's lesson
- Tale tail, sometimes
- Storybook ending, perhaps
- Scrupulous
- Fable's lesson
- Lesson at the end
- Principled
- Lesson in a tale
- Aesopian end
- Story's point
- End of a fable
- Fable's message
- Aesopian closer
- "Slow and steady wins the race," for one
- Lesson taught at the end, sometimes
- Fable point
- "Slow and steady wins the race," for one
- Aesop's form of expression
- Aesop conclusion
- Aesop's ending
- "Slow and steady wins the race," e.g.
- Lesson from Aesop
- Fabulous finale
- Fable finish
- Aesop specialty
- Fable finish
- Fable finish
- Good
- Aesopian conclusion
- Point of a fable
- Ethical
- Fable end
- Aesopian ending
- Aesopian lesson
- Fable tag
- Point
- Lesson taught by a fable
- Fable lesson
- Tale's end, sometimes
- Fable ender
- Parable message
- Conforming to proper behavior
- Story conclusion, sometimes
- Esprit de corps
- ___ support
- Fable offering
- A fable might end with one
- Aesop's point
- Upstanding
- Like Falwell's majority
- Kind of fiber
- Aesopian finale
- Conclusion to a fable
- Takeaway, of a sort
- Righteous
- "Do right" lesson
- Concerned with right and wrong
- Honorable
- Aesop fables' ending
- Word before compass or hazard
- Fable payoff
- "Here's the ___ of the story from a guy who knows ..."
- Upright Gary Numan song
- Dead Kennedys "___ Majority"
- Social D "___ Threat"
- Harvey Danger "___ Centralia"
- "Here's the ___ and the story from a guy who knows"
- Many have spoken of such a victory
- Many have spoken of what is ethical
- There's a lot to be said for being ethical
- Is it ethical to break a molar?
- The lesson to be learned from many a test
- Lesson
- Right, or in French, wrong
- Lesson to take from a fable
- Practical lesson to be drawn from an experience
- Relating to good and evil
- Narrative lesson
- Fable's tagline
- Backing, ___ support
- The point of a story or lesson
- Maiden said to be chaste
- End of story?
- Lesson at a fable's end
- Lesson master put into speech
- Many have said it's ethical
- ___ compass
- Lesson in a fable
- Ethic
- Standing upright?
- Parable's ending
- Many a test is ethical
- Story lesson
- Upshot of a story
- Leader of men said to be ethical
- Just a bad molar
- Fable takeaway
- It's quite proper to roam around a rail terminus
- "Look before you leap," for one
- Fable message
- Takeaway of a fable
- Highly principled
- Kind of high ground
- Message of a fable
- ___ Mondays (North Carolina protests)
- Is it ethical to break a molar?
- Fairy tale's point
- End of a piece by 65-Across
- Storybook ending?
- "Little Bunny Foo Foo" lesson, e.g.
- "The ___ of the story is ..."
- Takeaway from a tale
- Figure a verbal test is proper
- Part of a good story?
- Fable's takeaway
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 22, 2026
- Daily American - October 08, 2026
- Daily Quick - September 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - September 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 14, 2026
- Mirror Mini - August 07, 2026
- New York Times - July 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - July 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 03, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - June 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 13, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 02, 2026
- Daily American - May 29, 2026
- Daily American - May 10, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 30, 2026
- LA Times - April 20, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 28, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 18, 2026
- Mirror Mini - January 02, 2026
- LA Times - November 17, 2025
- LA Times - November 10, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 03, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 19, 2025
- LA Times - October 12, 2025
- Daily American - September 08, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 05, 2025
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