Definition
The key lesson or message that an incident, situation or other happening conveys; a general takeaway point.
In Context
- "(please add the primary text of this usage example)"
- "The moral of the story — "Wait till you're a big pot" — is a sound one."
Also Said As
- essence
- quintessence
- thrust
- bowels
- sum
- brass tacks
- core
- crux
- essence
- gist
- drift
- guts
- gravamen
- heart
- heart and soul
- heartstring
- heartstrings
- inwardness
- kernel
- marrow
- meat
- moral of the story
- nitty-gritty
- nub
- nuts and bolts
- pith
- punctum saliens
- quintessence
- soul
- spirit
- stuff
- substance
- tenor