Virtue

Noun

 * 1) The inherent power or efficacy of something.
 * 2)  Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
 * 3) A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.
 * 4) 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.
 * 5) An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
 * 6) A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and below archangels.
 * 7)  Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behavior, especially of women; chastity.

Adjectives for Virtue
disinterested; hereditary; acquired; slender; manly; unselfish;  self-abnegating;  conscious; commonplace; attractive; negative; imputed; stellar; domestic; sounding; sterling; vestal; infinite; peculiar; rigid; heroic; admirable; rare; impregnable; barbaric; paltry; distinguished; new-built; abstract; consummate; sober; well-known; surface; unassailable; exemplary; external; unpretending; perfect; unquestionable; diuretic; delightful; dominant; fanciful; honorable; active; ennobling; illustrious; beaming; wondrous; proud; suffering; healing; probable; proverbial; outraged; distressed; aromatic; contradictory; magnetic; outstanding; prime; redeeming; humble; lofty; wearied; beatific; grateful; possible; personal; ever-flourishing; supposed; unique; political; simple; superstitious; thoughtful; godlike; chief; inimitable; boasted; excellent; artificial; manifold (plural) ; legitimate; proper; nameless; eminent; high; spirited; preserved; knightly; intrinsic; certain; sublime; eclipsed; natural; unbecoming; old-fashioned; healing; ruining; comely; sweet; rude; ruffled; right; strict; sober; solid; public; prosaic; pure; disputable; injurious; liberal; politic; cardinal; low; succored; religious; infant; medicinal; flowering; severe; reawakening; moral; middle; untainted; fundamental; marvelous; tangible; loving; aristocratic; definite; boasted; small; philanthropic; powerful; cheap; incessant; rural; befriending; feminine; bastard; sundry (plural); leading; private; uncertain; amiable; grand; special; soporific; prodigious; ignominious.

Verbs for Virtue
acclaim—s; blot out—; commend—; cultivate—s; defend—; delight in—; embody—s; emphasize—s; esteem—; exemplify—; extol —s; forsake—; foster—; hail—; impart— to; implant—; incarnate—s; inculcate—; instil—; magnify—s; nurture—; observe—s', preserve—; proclaim—s; question—; recognize—s; redeem—; relinquish— reward—; scoff at—; scorn—; sing—s; stray from—;sustain—; —distinguishes; —prevails; — triumphs; —uplifts; embrace—

Antonyms for Virtue

 * vice
 * foible

Derived terms

 * make a virtue of necessity


 * patience is a virtue


 * in virtue of, by virtue of

Related terms

 * virago
 * virile
 * virtual


 * virtuosity
 * virtuosa


 * virtuoso
 * virtuous

Thesaurus
asset, assured probity, attribute, auspiciousness, authority, because of, beef, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, black power, blamelessness, boldness, braveness, bravery, brute force, by dint of, by reason of, by virtue of, caliber, character, characteristic, charge, charisma, chasteness, chastity, chivalrousness, chivalry, class, cleanliness, cleanness, clout, cogence, cogency, compulsion, conspicuous gallantry, courage, courageousness, credit, decency, desert, dint, doughtiness, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, efficacy, energy, erectness, estimableness, ethicality, ethicalness, excellence, excellency, expedience, fairness, favorableness, fealty, feature, fidelity, fineness, first-rateness, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, full blast, full force, gallantness, gallantry, gallantry under fire, good character, goodliness, goodness, grace, greatheartedness, healthiness, helpfulness, heroicalness, heroism, high ideals, high principles, high-mindedness, honesty, honor, honorableness, immaculacy, immaculateness, influence, innocence, integrity, intrepidity, intrepidness, irreproachability, irreproachableness, justice, justness, kindness, knightliness, loyalty, main force, main strength, mana, manfulness, manhood, manliness, mark, martial spirit, merit, might, might and main, mightiness, military spirit, moral excellence, moral strength, morale, morality, morals, moxie, muscle power, niceness, nobility, on account of, owing to, perfection, piety, pizzazz, pleasantness, poop, pot-valor, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, prepotency, principles, probity, productiveness, productivity, profitableness, property, prowess, puissance, pull, punch, pureness, purity, push, quality, rectitude, reputability, respectability, rewardingness, righteousness, rightness, savor, sexual innocence, sinew, skillfulness, snowiness, soldierly quality, soundness, spotlessness, stainlessness, stalwartness, stature, steam, stoutheartedness, stoutness, strength, strong arm, superiority, superpower, taintlessness, thanks to, trait, unblemishedness, unblottedness, uncorruptness, undefiledness, unimpeachability, unimpeachableness, unsoiledness, unspottedness, unstainedness, unsulliedness, untaintedness, uprightness, upstandingness, usefulness, valiance, valiancy, validity, valor, valorousness, value, vehemence, vigor, virginity, virility, virtuousness, virulence, vitality, wattage, weight, whiteness, wholeness, worth, worthiness

Etymology
vertu:, from vertu:,  vertu:, from  virtus:, from vir:; see virile:.

Translations

 * Amharic: ትክክለኛ ነገር፥ መልካም ስራ
 * Arabic: الفضيلة
 * Cebuano: birtud
 * Chinese: 德
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: deugdzaamheid
 * Finnish: hyvellisyys, siveys
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: बल (Bal)
 * Interlingua: virtute


 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: доблест
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Norse: dygð
 * Portuguese:
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 * Serbian:
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 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: సుగుణం (suguNaM)
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic: الفظيلة
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi: बल (bal)
 * Interlingua: virtute
 * Italian:


 * Korean: 미덕 [美德] (mideok)
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Norse: dygð
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: సుగుణం (suguNaM)
 * Turkish: fazilet, erdem


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: deugdzaamheid
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Keuschheit
 * Interlingua: virtute
 * Italian:


 * Macedonian: доблест
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Norse: dygð
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
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 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
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 * Galician:
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 * Interlingua: virtute
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 미덕 [美德] (mideok)
 * Norwegian:
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 * Finnish:
 * Interlingua: virtute


 * Italian: