virtue, virtuousness, moral excellence
(noun) the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
virtue
(noun) a particular moral excellence
virtue, chastity, sexual morality
(noun) morality with respect to sexual relations
merit, virtue
(noun) any admirable quality or attribute; “work of great merit”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Virtue (plural Virtues)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Virtue is the 21862nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1189 individuals. Virtue is most common among White (88.98%) individuals.
• Viruet
virtue (countable and uncountable, plural virtues)
(uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct. [from 13th c.]
A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality. [from 13th c.]
Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins. [from 14th c.]
An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage. [from 14th c.]
A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and below archangels. [from 14th c.]
(uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete) The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being. [13th–19th c.]
The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases). [from 13th c.]
• douth (obsolete), thew
• See goodness
• (excellence in morals): vice
• foible
• Viruet
Source: Wiktionary
Vir"tue, n. Etym: [OE. vertu, F. vertu, L. virtus strength, courage, excellence, virtue, fr. vir a man. See Virile, and cf. Virtu.]
1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor. [Obs.] Shak. Built too strong For force or virtue ever to expugn. Chapman.
2. 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. Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about. Mark v. 30. A man was driven to depend for his security against misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his syntax. De Quincey. The virtue of his midnight agony. Keble.
3. Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance. She moves the body which she doth possess, Yet no part toucheth, but by virtue's touch. Sir. J. Davies.
4. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth. I made virtue of necessity. Chaucer. In the Greek poets, . . . the economy of poems is better observed than in Terence, who thought the sole grace and virtue of their fable the sticking in of sentences. B. Jonson.
5. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty. Virtue only makes our bliss below. Pope. If there's Power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must delight in virtue. Addison.
6. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc. "The very virtue of compassion." Shak. "Remember all his virtues." Addison.
7. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity. H. I believe the girl has virtue. M. And if she has, I should be the last man in the world to attempt to corrupt it. Goldsmith.
8. pl.
Definition: One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy. Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. Milton. Cardinal virtues. See under Cardinal, a.
– In, or By, virtue of, through the force of; by authority of. "He used to travel through Greece by virtue of this fable, which procured him reception in all the towns." Addison. "This they shall attain, partly in virtue of the promise made by God, and partly in virtue of piety." Atterbury.
– Theological virtues, the three virtues, faith, hope, and charity. See 1 Cor. xiii. 13.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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