Virtue - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- any admirable quality or attribute (syn: merit)
- morality with respect to sexual relations (syn: chastity)
- a particular moral excellence
Extra examples
...the virtue of wool as a clothing material is that it can provide insulation from the cold even when wet...
...a lady of honor and virtue...
Our budget has the virtue of providing for a small surplus.
Women have often been used as symbols of virtue.
Among her many virtues are loyalty, courage, and truthfulness.
Adam Smith believed in the virtues of free trade.
Wilkins is now extolling (=praising very much) the virtues of organic farming.
He thinks that to propose a reward for virtue is to render virtue impossible.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall ...
...a cleric vainly preaching abstinence in a world where self-indulgence is regarded as almost a virtue...
...if amour propre is a virtue, then this actress's memoirs are among the greatest declarations of love ever written...
...in Arthurian legend, Sir Galahad is depicted as the one knight who is a paragon of virtue...
...a selfless desire to help others is the quintessence of the virtue of charity...
Her character is graced by every virtue.
We don't expect candidates to be paragons of virtue.
Word forms
singular: virtue
plural: virtues
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