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Definition of moral compass in English: moral compassnoun Used in reference to a person's ability to judge what is right and wrong and act accordingly. he is by no means the only senior politician who has mislaid his moral compass Example sentencesExamples - They are exposed for what they are - human beings whose moral compasses have become twisted.
- This album's loftier goal is to locate one's "moral compass" in a country that seems to have none.
- Lacking a moral compass, they inflict their bitterness, suspicion, disappointment and rage on their current relationships.
- He's not just slobby - he's feckless, almost amoral and as a result Rachel becomes a moral compass for him as much as a lead for the film.
- He wants to do the right thing, but his resistance to prison trumps his moral compass, especially after he finds out Marvin's dirty little secrets.
- Emotional responses can act as a moral compass in responding to the other and in guiding one's sense of the situation.
- The network and the producers may have had their hearts in the right place, but they left their brains and moral compass at home!
- "We will protect you," they say, but their moral compasses point toward money.
- His moral compass has gone haywire.
- Society has lost its moral compass and sense of certainty about right and wrong.
- Jeff tries to act as a sort of moral compass to Johnny, but usually all he gets for his trouble is some harsh words.
- We've managed through a 36% downsizing, a 25% drop in revenue, and an even greater drop in our stock price without losing our moral compass or our culture.
- One could certainly argue that, over time, the moral compass changes within the same society.
- More important, the work reset his moral compass.
- Even the doctor, whose moral compass has been hopelessly skewed, risks his privileged position and his life to save her.
- In those cases they must use their own judgement, relying on their own personal moral compass and using their own discretion.
- He was bereft of any moral compass.
- It suggests a similarly false image of a helpless teen without a moral compass, at the mercy of "bad influences."
Definition of moral compass in US English: moral compassnoun Used in reference to a person's ability to judge what is right and wrong and act accordingly. he is by no means the only senior politician who has mislaid his moral compass Example sentencesExamples - He's not just slobby - he's feckless, almost amoral and as a result Rachel becomes a moral compass for him as much as a lead for the film.
- He wants to do the right thing, but his resistance to prison trumps his moral compass, especially after he finds out Marvin's dirty little secrets.
- His moral compass has gone haywire.
- They are exposed for what they are - human beings whose moral compasses have become twisted.
- Even the doctor, whose moral compass has been hopelessly skewed, risks his privileged position and his life to save her.
- Lacking a moral compass, they inflict their bitterness, suspicion, disappointment and rage on their current relationships.
- We've managed through a 36% downsizing, a 25% drop in revenue, and an even greater drop in our stock price without losing our moral compass or our culture.
- The network and the producers may have had their hearts in the right place, but they left their brains and moral compass at home!
- "We will protect you," they say, but their moral compasses point toward money.
- Jeff tries to act as a sort of moral compass to Johnny, but usually all he gets for his trouble is some harsh words.
- It suggests a similarly false image of a helpless teen without a moral compass, at the mercy of "bad influences."
- He was bereft of any moral compass.
- This album's loftier goal is to locate one's "moral compass" in a country that seems to have none.
- In those cases they must use their own judgement, relying on their own personal moral compass and using their own discretion.
- Society has lost its moral compass and sense of certainty about right and wrong.
- One could certainly argue that, over time, the moral compass changes within the same society.
- More important, the work reset his moral compass.
- Emotional responses can act as a moral compass in responding to the other and in guiding one's sense of the situation.
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