moral support


Emotional or psychological backing, as opposed to material help. For example, There's not much I can do at the doctor's office, but I'll come with you to give you moral support. [Late 1800s]

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How to use moral support in a sentence

  • They insisted that, if the volunteers went to Sicily, Garibaldi must lead them and Cavour's moral support must be secured.

    The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King
  • It was not the money alone, it was her moral support and approval—hers and Aunt Isobel's.

    Quin | Alice Hegan Rice
  • Mr. and Mrs. Clark are members of the Congregational church and its work profits greatly by their material and moral support.

  • He hesitated, looking about him; but whether his search was for more pie or for moral support he did not say.

    The Happy Family | Bertha Muzzy Bower
  • There was a lack of the moral support necessary to insure for it even a respectable amount of operation.