Meaning of virtue | Babel Free

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1. (uncountable) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known as "the virtues", the enumeration of which vary by the many virtue systems which have developed within different cultures, religions, and historical periods.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
   uncountable
4. On the grounds or basis of; by reason of: well-off by virtue of a large inheritance.
5. An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality.
   countable
6. morally good. She is a virtuous young woman. kuis عَفيف، طاهِر، ذو فَضيلَه непорочна virtuoso ctnostný tugendhaft dydig; anstændig ενάρετοςvirtuoso; santurrón vooruslik پرهیزکار hyveellinen vertueux בַּעַל הִתנַהֲגוּת מוּסָרִית नैतिक moralan erkölcsös berwatak baik dyggðugur virtuoso 徳のある 덕이 있는 dorybingas tikumīgs berakhlak mulia deugdzaamdydig, moralskprawy, cnotliwy سپيڅلى، پرهيز ګار، ښه، نيك، پاك virtuoso virtuos добродетельный poctivý kreposten moralan dygdig, rättskaffens มีความดี dürüst...
7. A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person.
   countable, uncountable
8. kuis باسْتِقامَه، بِفَضيلَه целомъдрено virtuosamente čestně tugendhaft dydigt; anstændigt ενάρετα con virtud, virtuosamente vooruslikult با پرهیزکاری hyveellisesti vertueusement בְּאוֹפֶן מוּסָרִי नेकी से, पवित्रतापूर्वक, सतीत्वभाव से moralno erényesen secara baik á réttlátan/dyggðugan hátt virtuosamente 高潔に 덕이 높아서 dorai tikumīgi dlm kemuliaan deugdzaamdydig, moralsk cnotliwie په پرهيزكارى سره virtuosamente virtuos добродетельно poctivo krepostno moralno dygdigt อย่างมีศีลธรรม dürüst bir şek...
9. 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.
   countable, uncountable
10. kuisheid فضيلَه، طَهارَه целомъдреност virtude mravnost die Tugendhaftigkeit dydighed; anstændighed αρετήvirtud vooruslikkus پارسایی؛ نجابت hyveellisyys vertuמוסריות नेकी, पवित्रता, सतीत्व moralnost erényesség, erkölcsösség kebaikan dyggð l'essere virtuoso 高潔さ 덕이 높음 dorybė, dorumas tikumība; cēlsirdība kemuliaan deugdzaamheiddydighetprawość, cnotliwość سپيڅلى virtude virtute добродетельность poctivosť poštenost moralnost dygdighet การมีศีลธรรม dürüstlük 品德高尚 цнотливість نيک کرداري، خوش اخلاقي...
11. An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
    countable, uncountable
12. Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness.
13. A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim.
    countable, uncountable
14. Archaic Chastity, especially in a woman.
    Archaic
15. Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
    uncountable
16. A particularly efficacious, good, or beneficial quality; advantage: a plan with the virtue of being practical.
17. The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
18. Effective force or power: believed in the virtue of prayer.
19. The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases).
    countable, uncountable
20. virtues Christianity The fifth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
    Christianity
21. Obsolete Manly courage; valor.
    Obsolete

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Examples

“Without virtue, there is no freedom.”

“There are a set of religious, or rather moral, writers, who teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery, in this world.”

““Virtue is an inner light that can prevail in every soul.””

“The commission of acts by a person which he or she believes to be wrong can cause a diminishment of one or more of the virtues which subsist in the person's personality; in this way such actions may be viewed as significant life events.”

“Some men are modest, and seem to take pains to hide their virtues; and, from a natural distance and reserve in their tempers, scarce suffer their good qualities to be known […].”

“The divine virtues of truth and equity are the only bands of friendship, the only supports of society.”

“There were divers other plants, which I had no notion of or understanding about, that might, perhaps, have virtues of their own, which I could not find out.”

“One virtue of the present coalition government's attack on access to education could be to reopen the questions raised so pertinently by Robinson in the 1960s […].”

“Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers; / For in possession such, not only of right, / I call ye, and declare ye now […].”

“though she did not suppose Lydia to be deliberately engaging in an elopement without the intention of marriage, she had no difficulty in believing that neither her virtue nor her understanding would preserve her from falling an easy prey.”

“There was a virtue in the wave; His limbs, that, stiff with toil, Dragg’d heavy, from the copious draught receiv’d Lightness and supple strength.”

“Here are the glasses, Meg. But I am afraid that the virtue has gone from them, and now they are only glass. Perhaps they were meant to help once and only on Camazotz.”

“many Egyptians still worry that the Brotherhood, by virtue of discipline and experience, would hold an unfair advantage if elections were held too soon.”

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