The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

morale, n. the mental attitude or bearing of a person or group, esp. as regards confidence, discipline, etc.

Etymology

F moral respelt to preserve the pronunciation

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THESAURUS

morale

angelicalness, assurance, attitude, bipartisanship, coaction, coadjuvancy, coadministration, coagency, cochairmanship, codirectorship, collaboration, collaborativeness, collectivism, collusion, commensalism, common effort, common enterprise, communalism, communism, communitarianism, community, complicity, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, confidence, cooperation, cooperativeness, cue, dedication, disposition, drive, duet, duumvirate, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, esprit, esprit de corps, ethicality, ethicalness, fellow feeling, fellowship, frame, frame of mind, godliness, goodness, harmony, heart, humor, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, mass action, mind, mood, moral rectitude, morality, morals, mutual assistance, mutualism, mutuality, note, octet, pooling, pooling of resources, probity, pulling together, quartet, quintet, reciprocity, rectitude, right conduct, righteousness, saintlikeness, saintliness, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-possession, septet, sextet, solidarity, spirit, spirits, state of mind, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, team spirit, teamwork, temper, tone, trio, triumvirate, troika, united action, unity, vein, vigor, virtue, virtuousness

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