moral authority

noun

: trustworthiness to make decisions that are right and good

The scandal has undermined the government's moral authority.

Examples of moral authority in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Stranger by the Lake is a bookend of sorts to La Piscine, as both films seem to condemn their characters, and by extension, the counterculture surrounding them, to a lassitude incapable of any moral authority. —Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025

In many conflicts, the most the United Nations could do was to summon the moral authority to condemn and to document. —Amanda Chicago Lewis, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025

While the former has squandered the last of its alleged moral authority in support of neoliberal empire the latter urgently seeks liberation from the deadly and ongoing aftershocks of colonialism. —Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2025

If their endowments had functioned more like public trusts than private stockpiles, their moral authority might still be intact. —Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025

Rhymes for moral authority

• exteriority
• inferiority
• superiority
• majority
• minority
• priority
• seniority
• sonority
• sorority