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# morality

«morality» in Mova's school dictionary: **knowing what is right and wrong, and a set of rules about…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Morality is knowing what is right and wrong, and a set of rules about how people should behave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morality/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

the good behaviour a tale teaches, shown by which characters are rewarded or punished

### examples

- Stories can teach morality to young children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morality/#x1)
- The fairy tale has a clear morality: be honest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morality/#x2)
- Homer's gods have little morality. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morality/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «morality» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/morality/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.