"moral support" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-moral support.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} moral support (uncountable)
  1. Assistance given to a person or cause, usually without getting directly involved. Wikipedia link: moral support Tags: uncountable Translations (assistance given to a person or cause): 精神支持 (jīngshén zhīchí) (Chinese Mandarin), henkinen tuki (Finnish), soutien moral [masculine] (French), moralische Unterstützung [feminine] (German), susținere morală [feminine] (Romanian), sprijin moral [neuter] (Romanian), моральная подде́ржка (moralʹnaja poddéržka) (Russian), apoyo moral [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-moral_support-en-noun-uSPA6Xzm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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