| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mo·rale |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m -r l |
| NOUN: | The state of the spirits of a person or group as exhibited by confidence, cheerfulness, discipline, and willingness to perform assigned tasks. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, morality, good conduct, from feminine of moral, moral, from Old French. See moral. | | SYNONYMS: | morale, esprit, esprit de corps These nouns denote a spirit, as of dedication to a common goal, that unites a group: the high morale of the troops; the esprit of an orchestra; the esprit de corps of the swim team.
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