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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Advertisement In the film, Capone and fellow Navy SEAL veteran DJ Shipley accompany veterans down to Mexico for their first Ibogaine trip, using their prior experience with the drug to help provide moral support.
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
One recalled that the mom of an Ole Miss first-year stayed in the family’s new campus-adjacent apartment last fall to provide logistical and moral support during sorority rush, lending her daughter a hand in fixing hair or nursing a hangover.
—Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Her best friend, Jenn Sullivan, was also in attendance for moral support, even helping prep the former Lizzie's Heritage Inn owner beforehand.
—Dory Jackson, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
My dining companions — brought along for moral support — tried a few themselves.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
One recalled that the mom of an Ole Miss first-year stayed in the family’s new campus-adjacent apartment last fall to provide logistical and moral support during sorority rush, lending her daughter a hand in fixing hair or nursing a hangover.
—Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Her best friend, Jenn Sullivan, was also in attendance for moral support, even helping prep the former Lizzie's Heritage Inn owner beforehand.
—Dory Jackson, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
My dining companions — brought along for moral support — tried a few themselves.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
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 8 Nov. 2025.
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