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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
2: the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed [syn: esprit de corps, morale, team spirit]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: in sense 1, from French, from feminine of moral, adjective; in other senses, modification of French moral morale, from moral, adjective Date: 1752 1. moral principles, teachings, or conduct 2. a. the mental and emotional condition (as of enthusiasm, confidence, or loyalty) of an individual or group with regard to the function or tasks at hand b. a sense of common purpose with respect to a group ; esprit de corps 3. the level of individual psychological well-being based on such factors as a sense of purpose and confidence in the future

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Morale Mo`rale", n. [F. See Moral, a.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Morale is the amount of confidence and cheerfulness that a group of people have. Many pilots are suffering from low morale... N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss

Moby Thesaurus

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