moral victory — noun count if you win a moral victory you feel you have shown you were right about something, even though someone else has officially won the argument: The decision to impose a mild sentence was seen as a moral victory … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
moral victory — ► NOUN ▪ a defeat that can be interpreted as a victory in moral terms … English terms dictionary
Moral victory — A moral victory occurs when a person, team, army or other group loses a confrontation, and yet achieves some other moral gain. This gain might be unrelated to the confrontation in question, and the gain is often considerably less than what would… … Wikipedia
moral victory — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms moral victory : singular moral victory plural moral victories if you win a moral victory, you feel that you have shown you were right about something, even though someone else has officially won the argument… … English dictionary
moral victory — victory of ethics, win caused by ethics … English contemporary dictionary
moral victory — noun a defeat that can be interpreted as a victory in terms of morals or principles … English new terms dictionary
moral — [môr′əl, mär′əl; ] for n.4 [, mə ral′] adj. [ME < L moralis, of manners or customs < mos (gen. moris), pl. mores, manners, morals (see MOOD1): used by CICERO2 as transl. of Gr ēthikos] 1. relating to, dealing with, or capable of making the… … English World dictionary
moral — mor|al1 W2S3 [ˈmɔrəl US ˈmo: ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: moralis, from mos what people usually or traditionally do ] 1.) [only before noun] relating to the principles of what is right and wrong behaviour, and with the difference… … Dictionary of contemporary English
moral — 1 adjective 1 ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG (only before noun) connected with the principles of what is right and wrong behaviour, and with the difference between good and evil: a man of high moral standards | You don t know the circumstances of the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
moral — [[t]mɒ̱r(ə)l, AM mɔ͟ːr [/t]] ♦♦♦ morals 1) N PLURAL Morals are principles and beliefs concerning right and wrong behaviour. ...Western ideas and morals... They have no morals. Syn: ethics 2) ADJ: ADJ n Moral means relating to beliefs about what… … English dictionary
