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noun
Idioms1.
moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
2.
conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude.
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chastity; virginity: to lose one's virtue.
4.
a particular moral excellence. Compare cardinal virtues, natural virtue, theological virtue.
5.
EXPANDa good or admirable quality or property: the virtue of knowing one's weaknesses.
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make a virtue of necessity, to make the best of a difficult or unsatisfactory situation.
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Origin:
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
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
Related forms
vir·tue·less, adjective
vir·tue·less·ness, noun
non·vir·tue, noun
Antonyms
1. vice.
1. vice.
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