virtue

n. goodness; uprightness, integrity; morality (especially in sexual conduct); good quality

Virtue (Latin virtus; Greek ) is moral excellence of a person. A virtue is a trait valued as being good. The conceptual opposite of virtue is vice.According to its etymology the word virtue (Latin virtus) signifies manliness or courage. Taken in its widest sense virtue means the excellence of perfection of a thing, just as vice, its contrary, denotes a defect or absence of perfection due to a thing. In its strictest meaning, however, as used by moral philosophers and theologians, virtue is an operative habit essentially good, as distinguished from vice, an operative habit essentially evil. The four cardinal (hinge) virtues are Justice, Courage, Wisdom, and Moderation. These were enumerated by the Greek philosophers. The three supernatural virtues of Faith, Hope and (unselfish) Love are part of the tradition of Pauline Christianity and Judaism. Both the natural and supernatural virtues depend on a person's understanding that truth can be discovered. Modernist views are at odds with this idea.
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Noun
1. the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
(synonym) virtuousness, moral excellence
(hypernym) good, goodness
2. any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"
(synonym) merit
(hypernym) worth
3. morality with respect to sexual relations
(synonym) chastity, sexual morality
(hypernym) morality
(hyponym) honor, honour, purity
(attribute) chaste
4. a particular moral excellence
(hypernym) good, goodness
(hyponym) cardinal virtue

(n.)
Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.
  

(n.)
Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.
  

(n.)
One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.
  

(n.)
Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
  

(n.)
Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
  

(n.)
Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.
  

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