moral vs morale :

moral or morale

If you are trying to make people behave properly, you are policing their morals; if you are just trying to keep their spirits up, you are trying to maintain their morale. “Moral” is accented on the first syllable, “morale” on the second.

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Definitions
  moral
  • n  the significance of a story or event
    the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor
  • a  concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
    moral sense
    a moral scrutiny
    a moral lesson
    a moral quandary
    moral convictions
    a moral life
  • s  psychological rather than physical or tangible in effect
    a moral victory
    moral support
  morale
  • n  a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
  • n  the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
News & Articles
  moral
  • Debenhams’ Moral Obligation To Ban Airbrushing
    Debenhams, a high-street department store in the UK, claims that they have a moral obligation to ban the use of airbrushing techniques on all lingerie model shots. The department store says that they “want to help customers feel confident about their figures without bombarding them with unattainable body images,” says Daily Mail. The use of [...] Debenhams’ Moral Obligation To Ban Airbrushing is ...
    June 13, 2013 - The Inquisitr
  • Barclays’s Jenkins Says Bankers Must Regain ‘Moral Compass’
    Barclays Plc (BARC) Chief Executive Officer Antony Jenkins said bankers must regain their moral footing and serve society’s long-term interests if the industry is to undo the damage caused by the financial crisis.
    June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg
  • Barclays’s Jenkins Says Bankers Must Regain ‘Moral Compass’
    Barclays Plc (BARC) Chief Executive Officer Antony Jenkins said bankers must regain their moral footing and serve society’s long-term interests if the industry is to undo the damage caused by the financial crisis.
    June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg
  morale
  • Morale in Sheriff’s Office Low, Some Deputies Leaving Over Pay
    With no pay raises in the last five years, and short-term prospects dim, morale among Franklin County deputies is at a low point and some are looking for better paying jobs elsewhere.
    June 13, 2013 - The Missourian
  • Hot Diggity Dog
    When Alice Wilhoit wanted to improve office morale with little raffles for her co-workers, she had to get permission. “Had to sort of—not really beg—but I was sort of like, ‘pleeease,’” the Department of Public Works employee of the year says in a lilting soprano. Wilhoit, who does payroll and other clerical work at the Montebello Filtration Plant off Hillen Road, has always played by the rules ...
    June 11, 2013 - Baltimore City Paper
  • Letta hopes for morale lift from weary Italian voters
    By Catherine Hornby ROME (Reuters) - Italian local elections that end on Monday could give a morale boost to Prime Minister Enrico Letta and confirm that support for the populist 5-Star Movement is waning. Despite a slump in turnout as Italians lose faith in their politicians, Letta hopes for a positive result for his center-left Democratic Party (PD), which nearly imploded after throwing away a ...
    June 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News