Definition of "morale"

morale

/məˈɹɑːl/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural morales
1. The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.
  Quotations
  Proponents of the race — notably Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Mary Wittenberg, director of the marathon — said the event would provide a needed morale boost, as well as an economic one.
  2012 November 2, Ken Belson, New York Times‎, retrieved 2 November 2012