3. The doctrines or rules of moral duties, or the duties of men in their social character; ethics.
The end of morality is to procure the affections to obey reason, and not to invade it.
Bacon.
The system of morality to be gathered out of . . . ancient sages falls very short of that delivered in the
gospel.
Swift. 4. The practice of the moral duties; rectitude of life; conformity to the standard of right; virtue; as, we often
admire the politeness of men whose morality we question.
5. A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between
actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally
exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII. Strutt.
6. Intent; meaning; moral. [Obs.]
Taketh the morality thereof, good men.
Chaucer. Moralization
(Mor`al*i*za"tion) n. [Cf. F. moralisation.]
1. The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.
2. Explanation in a moral sense. T. Warton.
Moralize
(Mor"al*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moralized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Moralizing ] [Cf. F. moraliser.]
1. To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
This fable is moralized in a common proverb.
L'Estrange.
Did he not moralize this spectacle?
Shak. 2. To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
While chastening thoughts of sweetest use, bestowed
By Wisdom, moralize his pensive road.
Wordsworth. 3. To render moral; to correct the morals of.
It had a large share in moralizing the poor white people of the country.
D. Ramsay. 4. To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
Good and bad stars moralize not our actions.
Sir T. Browne. Moralize
(Mor"al*ize) v. i. To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
Moralizer
(Mor"al*i`zer) n. One who moralizes.
Morally
(Mor"al*ly), adv.
1. In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.
By good, good morally so called, "bonum honestum" ought chiefly to be understood.
South. 2. According to moral rules; virtuously. "To live morally." Dryden.
3. In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships.
