moral support

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

I am married to a sailor — a competitive one — but aside from providing moral support and being a fun date to the after party, my biggest contribution on race weekends is what I create in the kitchen.

From Salon

Stevie says what's really important is that parents are there for moral support, without crowding.

From BBC

After years of drinking himself into “increasingly dire circumstances,” the narrator of Deagler’s debut novel quits the bottle and tries living at his parents’ suburban house, where sympathy and moral support are in short supply.

From New York Times

“None of my pregnancies were easy, and none of them would have been possible without the moral support of my husband.”

From Los Angeles Times

They frequently travel together and she has attended the Manhattan hush money trial as moral support.

From Salon

Related Words

• aid
• assistance
• backing
• encouragement
• loyalty
• protection
• relief