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virtue
[vur-choo]
noun
moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
Antonyms:conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude.
Synonyms: ,chastity; virginity.
to lose one's virtue.
a particular moral excellence.
a good or admirable quality or property.
the virtue of knowing one's weaknesses.
effective force; power or potency.
a charm with the virtue of removing warts.
virtues, an order of angels.
manly excellence; valor.
virtue
/ -tʃuː, ˈvɜːtjuː /
noun
the quality or practice of moral excellence or righteousness
a particular moral excellence
the virtue of tolerance
any of the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) or theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity)
any admirable quality, feature, or trait
chastity, esp in women
archaican effective, active, or inherent power or force
on account of or by reason of
to acquiesce in doing something unpleasant with a show of grace because one must do it in any case
Other 51Թ Forms
- virtueless adjective
- virtuelessness noun
- nonvirtue noun
- ˈٳܱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of virtue1
Idioms and Phrases
make a virtue of necessity, to make the best of a difficult or unsatisfactory situation.
by / in virtue of, by reason of; because of.
to act by virtue of one's legitimate authority.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“Party Girl” is a movie that firmly believes in virtue and value.
Dr He is also expecting a rise in marketing to push the virtues of less processed food products, as well as to justify their higher price points.
Patience and foresight are underappreciated, but indispensable virtues of constitutional government.
It starts from afar, has an animal with human characteristics as its protagonist - in this case a lion - with its vices and virtues.
The speech, delivered in French and English, made a virtue of the country's diverse roots.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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