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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Many followers, upon falling ill or while searching for meaning, are especially eager to find moral support in Antoinist leaders.
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Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Clarkson’s 10-year-old daughter, River, provided backup vocal support (and, no doubt, moral support) from the audience.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Advertisement Days after his team’s playoff loss to the Houston Texans, coach Jim Harbaugh paid a visit to an LAFD base camp near the Palisades fire to provide moral support for the first responders who have been battling flames for more than a week.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
To prevent this outcome, China could opt to throw Russia a lifeline beyond economic and moral support and supply its partner with lethal military aid.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2023
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Emilien Hofman (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
Clarkson’s 10-year-old daughter, River, provided backup vocal support (and, no doubt, moral support) from the audience.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Advertisement Days after his team’s playoff loss to the Houston Texans, coach Jim Harbaugh paid a visit to an LAFD base camp near the Palisades fire to provide moral support for the first responders who have been battling flames for more than a week.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
To prevent this outcome, China could opt to throw Russia a lifeline beyond economic and moral support and supply its partner with lethal military aid.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2023
See All Example Sentences for moral support
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“Moral support.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moral%20support. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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