Moral Re-Armament

[ ree-ahr-muh-muhnt ]

/ riˈɑr mə mənt /

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noun

a worldwide movement initiated by Frank Buchman in 1938 as a successor to the Oxford Group, and maintaining that the practice of high morality in public and private life is the key to world betterment. Abbreviation: MRA

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Words nearby Moral Re-Armament

morality play, moralize, morally, Moral Majority, moral philosophy, Moral Re-Armament, moral sense, moral support, moral theology, moral turpitude, Morandi

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The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.
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The odds of getting re-arrested are a lot slimmer if a person has a job.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Many hold classes in their living rooms, asking students to help re-arrange and then later put back furniture.
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He won re-election twice as governor of New York, and had the hubris to run for a fourth term before being defeated in 1994.
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They would have to get court approval to re-home their children.
Judge: Rehoming Kids Is Trafficking|Tina Traster|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some were even re-arrested for the same nefarious purpose, and the daily papers published their names on each occasion.
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Everything is topsy-turvy in Europe according to our moral ideas, and they don't have what we call "men" over here.
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But first he held a whispered colloquy with the Princess, whom he entreated, or persuaded, to re-enter her gorgeous vehicle.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Such mutual distrust necessarily creates or accompanies a lack of moral courage.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
They are still comparatively supple, and any misplaced pinnæ may be re-arranged without any difficulty.
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British Dictionary definitions for Moral Re-Armament

Moral Rearmament

noun

a worldwide movement for moral and spiritual renewal founded by Frank Buchman in 1938Also called: Buchmanism Former name: Oxford Group

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