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Meaning of 'virtue' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Virtue [ n.]
- Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
- Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.
- Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.
- Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
- Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.
- A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.
- Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.
- One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.

Meaning of 'virtue' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . virtue [ n]
Meaning (1):
- any admirable quality or attribute
Example in sentence:
  • work of great merit

Nearby Words:

viraginian viraginity virago viragoes vire virelay virent vireo virescence virescent

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