Given a perfect field
$k$
with algebraic closure
$\overline {k}$
and a variety
$X$
over
$\overline {k}$
, the field of moduli of
$X$
is the subfield of
$\overline {k}$
of elements fixed by field automorphisms
$\gamma \in \operatorname {Gal}(\overline {k}/k)$
such that the Galois conjugate
$X_{\gamma }$
is isomorphic to
$X$
. The field of moduli is contained in all subextensions
$k\subset k'\subset \overline {k}$
such that
$X$
descends to
$k'$
. In this paper, we extend the formalism and define the field of moduli when
$k$
is not perfect. Furthermore, Dèbes and Emsalem identified a condition that ensures that a smooth curve is defined over its field of moduli, and prove that a smooth curve with a marked point is always defined over its field of moduli. Our main theorem is a generalization of these results that applies to higher-dimensional varieties, and to varieties with additional structures. In order to apply this, we study the problem of when a rational point of a variety with quotient singularities lifts to a resolution. As a consequence, we prove that a variety
$X$
of dimension
$d$
with a smooth marked point
$p$
such that
$\operatorname {Aut}(X,p)$
is finite, étale and of degree prime to
$d!$
is defined over its field of moduli.