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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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.
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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
In addition to providing Taiwan with political and moral support in the face of this coercion, other democraciesshould also put a price tag on such Chinese tactics, demonstrating to Beijing that provocations have consequences.
—Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2024
The suspect’s fiancée appeared in court for moral support.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
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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
In addition to providing Taiwan with political and moral support in the face of this coercion, other democraciesshould also put a price tag on such Chinese tactics, demonstrating to Beijing that provocations have consequences.
—Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2024
The suspect’s fiancée appeared in court for moral support.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Moral support.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moral%20support. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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