'VIRTUE' definitions:
Definition of 'virtue'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong [syn: virtue, virtuousness, moral excellence]
noun
Any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit" [syn: merit, virtue] [ant: demerit, fault]
noun
Morality with respect to sexual relations [syn: virtue, chastity, sexual morality]
noun
A particular moral excellence
Definition of 'Virtue'
From: GCIDE
- Virtue \Vir"tue\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vertu, F. vertu, L. virtus strength, courage, excellence, virtue, fr. vir a man. See Virile, and cf. Virtu.]
- 1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Built too strong For force or virtue ever to expugn. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine. [1913 Webster]
- Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about. --Mark v. 30. [1913 Webster]
- A man was driven to depend for his security against misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his syntax. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- The virtue of his midnight agony. --Keble. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance. [1913 Webster]
- She moves the body which she doth possess, Yet no part toucheth, but by virtue's touch. --Sir. J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth. [1913 Webster]
- I made virtue of necessity. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- In the Greek poets, . . . the economy of poems is better observed than in Terence, who thought the sole grace and virtue of their fable the sticking in of sentences. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty. [1913 Webster]
- Virtue only makes our bliss below. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- If there's Power above us, And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must delight in virtue. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc. "The very virtue of compassion." --Shak. "Remember all his virtues." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity. [1913 Webster]
- H. I believe the girl has virtue. M. And if she has, I should be the last man in the world to attempt to corrupt it. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 8. pl. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy. [1913 Webster]
- Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Cardinal virtues. See under Cardinal, a.
- In virtue of, or By virtue of, through the force of; by authority of. "He used to travel through Greece by virtue of this fable, which procured him reception in all the towns." --Addison. "This they shall attain, partly in virtue of the promise made by God, and partly in virtue of piety." --Atterbury.
- Theological virtues, the three virtues, faith, hope, and charity. See --1 Cor. xiii. 13. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'virtue'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advantageousness,
- affection,
- agreeableness,
- amperage,
- arete,
- armipotence,
- asset,
- assured probity,
- attribute,
- auspiciousness,
- authority,
- because of,
- beef,
- beneficialness,
- benevolence,
- benignity,
- black power,
- blamelessness,
- blotlessness,
- 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,
- Dutch courage,
- 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,
- lionheartedness,
- 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,
- vim,
- virginity,
- virility,
- virtuousness,
- virulence,
- vitality,
- wattage,
- weight,
- whiteness,
- wholeness,
- worth,
- worthiness
Acronyms for 'VIRTUE'
From: V.E.R.A.
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