### Clue: God's briefly absorbed by points of morality (5)
### Answer: ETHOS 
 ### Explanation: Definition: morality
  THO("Thor",Scandinavian god of thunder, lightning and farming) **minus** its last letter,briefly **contained in**(absorbed by) [E & S(­$$e$$ast & $$s$$outh,points of the compass).  I'm wondering whether or not the "'s" is superfluous.