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Virtue meaning in English

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Virtue

see synonyms of virtue

Noun

1. moral excellence, virtue, virtuousness

the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

2. merit, virtue

any admirable quality or attribute

Example Sentences:
'work of great merit'

3. chastity, sexual morality, virtue

morality with respect to sexual relations

4. virtue

a particular moral excellence

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Virtue

see synonyms of virtue
noun
1. 
the quality or practice of moral excellence or righteousness
2. 
a particular moral excellence
the virtue of tolerance
3. 
any of the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) or theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity)
4. 
any admirable quality, feature, or trait
5. 
chastity, esp in women
6. archaic
an effective, active, or inherent power or force
7.  by virtue of
8.  make a virtue of necessity

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Virtue

see synonyms of virtue
noun
1. 
general moral excellence; right action and thinking; goodness or morality
2. 
a specific moral quality regarded as good or meritorious
see also cardinal virtues, theological virtues
3. 
chastity, esp. in a woman
4. 
a. 
excellence in general; merit
the virtue in planning ahead
b. 
a good quality or feature
the virtues of teaching as a profession
5. 
effective power or force; efficacy; esp., the ability to heal or strengthen
the virtue of a medicine
6.  Rare
manly quality; strength, courage, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Virtue

see synonyms of virtue
n.
1.
a. Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness.
b. An example or kind of moral excellence: the virtue of patience.
2. Archaic Chastity, especially in a woman.
3. A particularly efficacious, good, or beneficial quality; advantage: a plan with the virtue of being practical.
4. Effective force or power: believed in the virtue of prayer.
5. virtues Christianity The fifth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
6. Obsolete Manly courage; valor.

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