- moral, lesson - the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"
--1 is a kind of motivation, motive, need; meaning, significance, signification, import; motivation, motive, need; meaning, significance, signification, import
--1 has particulars:hedonism; conscience, scruples, moral sense, sense of right and wrong; Inner Light, Light, Light Within, Christ Within