moral support

noun

: the act of helping someone by giving love, encouragement, etc.

She counted on her sisters for moral support.

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In the original film, Al acts as a moral support and confidante to Bruce Willis's John McClane, staying with McClane over a walkie-talkie through the course of the night. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024 Removing a friend from your life can be a painful experience so remember to get moral support from those around you. —

Eve Warlow, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2024 Documenting the process on her Instagram Stories at the time, Siwa was all smiles as the former Disney star and her spouse tagged along for moral support. —

Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024 Last week’s public presidential commemoration of D-Day and the liberation of the French people in 1944 seems a sharp contrast to our government’s disposition to provide armaments and moral support for a system that has encased hundreds of thousands of refugees in fenced enclaves for decades. —

Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for moral support