moral stature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmoralandstature
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moral
adjective
uk/ˈmɒr.əl/us/ˈmɔːr.əl/
relating to the standards of good or bad behaviour, fairness, honesty, etc. that each person believes in, rather than ...
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stature
noun
uk/ˈstætʃ.ər/us/ˈstætʃ.ɚ/
the good reputation a person or organization has, based on their behaviour ...
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(Definition ofmoralandstaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If they need not, it is just false that different world entails differentmoralstature.
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When medicine gets as deep into commerce as it is today, its verymoralstatureis submerged.
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Rather than raising themoralstatureof associations, the analogy may only show that we ought to demote the moral standing of persons across the board.
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Perhaps even themoralstatureof the world has not yet reached that stage.
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They are men whose military might is far beyond theirmoralstature.
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It was his intellectual andmoralstaturethat carried him through.
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It does damage to hismoralstatureand to society's attitude to him.
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Some will have gained inmoralstature; others will have been humiliated.
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They will not be representatives of the governments of both sides, but they are representatives of enormous intellectual andmoralstature.
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They establish amoralstaturewhich fixes the ideals of the people.
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That, surely, is precisely what gives us a peculiarmoralstaturein the world.
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It will increase ourmoralstaturein the world.
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We add nothing to ourmoralstatureas a nation by trying to sidestep all responsibility for these people.
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In addition to hismoralstature, he was a man of great physical bearing as well, standing six feet four inches tall.
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It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon themoralstatureof its user.
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