moral high ground

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)A position orpoint of viewwhich isethicallysuperioror morereputable, incomparisonto others which are underconsideration.2002May 6, Robert Horn, “The Next Face-Off”, inTime‎[1], archived fromthe originalon22 October 2010:Her legitimacy (as the leader of the party that won the 1990 general election), integrity and stoic acceptance of house arrest enable her to occupy themoral high ground.2023July 8,Sara Jacobs, quotee, “Biden approves cluster bombs for Ukraine”, inFT Weekend, page 4:Sara Jacobs, a California Democrat on the House armed services committee, said the US should not “cede themoral high ground”.

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