noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others. countable, uncountable

   "After the layoffs, morale was at an all time low; the staff were so dispirited nothing was getting done."

2. 2
   the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed wordnet
3. 3
   a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

esprit de corpsesprit de corpsangelicalnessassuranceattitudebipartisanship

Example

More examples

"But, if by that, morale drops wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the exercise?"

Etymology

Borrowed from French morale.

Related phrases

morale patchmorale-boostermorale-boosting

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