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Definitions for Virtues

[1] moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
[2] conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude.
[3] chastity; virginity: to lose one's virtue.
[4] a particular moral excellence. Compare cardinal virtues, natural virtue, theological virtue.
[5] a good or admirable quality or property: the virtue of knowing one's weaknesses.
[6] effective force; power or potency: a charm with the virtue of removing warts.
[7] virtues, an order of angels. Compare angel(def 1) .
[8] manly excellence; valor.
[9] by /in virtue of , by reason of; because of: to act by virtue of one's legitimate authority.
[10] make a virtue of necessity , to make the best of a difficult or unsatisfactory situation.
[11] (often capital) the fifth of the nine orders into which the angels are traditionally divided in medieval angelology
[12] the quality or practice of moral excellence or righteousness
[13] a particular moral excellence the virtue of tolerance
[14] any of the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) or theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity)
[15] any admirable quality, feature, or trait
[16] chastity, esp in women
[17] archaic an effective, active, or inherent power or force
[18] by virtue of or in virtue of on account of or by reason of
[19] make a virtue of necessity to acquiesce in doing something unpleasant with a show of grace because one must do it in any case

Words related to Virtues

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Words nearby Virtues

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Origin of Virtues

1175–1225; alteration (with i < Latin ) of Middle English vertu < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin virtūt- (stem of virtūs ) maleness, worth, virtue, equivalent to vir man (see virile) + -tūt- abstract noun suffix

Other words from Virtues

vir·tue·less , adjective
vir·tue·less·ness , noun
non·vir·tue , noun

Word origin for Virtues

C13: vertu, from Old French, from Latin virtūs manliness, courage, from vir man

Synonyms for Virtues

advantage, character, ethic, excellence, faith, generosity, goodness, ideal, kindness, love, merit, morality, purity, quality, rectitude, righteousness, value, asset, charity, chastity, consideration, credit, faithfulness, fineness, fortitude, high-mindedness, hope, incorruptibility, innocence, justice, plus, probity, prudence, respectability, temper, temperance, trustworthiness, uprightness, worth, worthiness, ethicality, ethicalness, good point