Virtue
WordNet
noun
(1) The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
(2) A particular moral excellence
(3) Morality with respect to sexual relations
(4) Any admirable quality or attribute
"Work of great merit"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From < < < ; see .
Noun
- excellence in morals
- A good habit
- a good model quality
- chastity and faithfulness
- an exemplary quality
- 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- There were divers other plants, which I had no notion of or understanding about, that might, perhaps, have virtues of their own, which I could not find out.
- 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- the second level of angels, ranked above angels and below archangels
Related terms
- virtuosity
- virtuosa
- virtuoso
- virtuous