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- Dictionaryvirtue/ˈvəːtʃuː/
noun
- 1. behaviour showing high moral standards: "paragons of virtue" Similar Opposite
- 2. (in traditional Christian angelology) the seventh-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
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VIRTUE definition: 1. a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of being morally good: 2. an advantage…. Learn more.
The meaning of VIRTUE is conformity to a standard of right : morality. How to use virtue in a sentence.
VIRTUE definition: 1. an advantage or useful quality: 2. a good quality that someone has: 3. behaviour that is…. Learn more.
The virtue of something is an advantage or benefit that it has, especially in comparison with something else. Its other great virtue, of course, is its hard-wearing quality. You use by virtue of to explain why something happens or is true. The article stuck in my mind by virtue of one detail.
noun. moral excellence; goodness; righteousness. Antonyms: vice. conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude. Synonyms: integrity, probity. chastity; virginity: to lose one's virtue. a particular moral excellence. Compare cardinal virtues, natural virtue, theological virtue.
Virtue is the quality of being morally good. If you're writing a screenplay and you want it to be a real tearjerker, make sure your hero is full of virtue.
(formal) by means of or because of something. She got the job by virtue of her greater experience. make a virtue of something. to manage to present as a good quality something that other people might consider to be bad. There are artists who make a virtue of repetition. make a virtue of necessity.
1. Virtue is thinking and doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong. [...] 2. A virtue is a good quality or way of behaving. [...] 3. The virtue of something is an advantage or benefit that it has, especially in comparison with something else. [...] More. Synonyms of 'virtue' • goodness, honour, integrity [...] • merit, strength, asset [...]
In human practical ethics, a virtue is a disposition to choose actions that succeed in showing high moral standards: doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong in a given field of endeavour, even when doing so may be unnecessary from a utilitarian perspective.
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.
