Moral tale cut short, allegory female ignored (7)
I believe the answer is:
parable
'moral tale' is the definition.
(tale with a moral or lesson)
'cut short allegory female ignored' is the wordplay.
'cut short' becomes 'par' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'allegory' becomes 'fable' (synonyms).
'female' becomes 'f' (common abbreviation).
'ignored' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'fable' with 'f' taken out is 'able'.
'par'+'able'='PARABLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for parable that I've seen before include "Meaningful story" , "Leap bar poorly for a biblical story" , "Moral tale" , "Bible story" , "scripture lesson" .)