Definition for MOR'ALS

MOR'ALS, n. [plur.]

  1. The practice of the duties of life; as, a man of correct morals.
  2. Conduct; behavior; course of life, in regard to good and evil. Some, as corrupt in their morals as vice could make them, have been solicitous to have their children virtuously and piously educated. South. What can laws do without morals? Franklin.

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