virtue
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
“Without virtue, there is no freedom.”
An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality.
A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person.
Etymology
From Middle English vertu, virtue, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertu, virtu, from Latin virtus (“manliness, bravery, worth, moral excellence”), from vir (“man”). Doublet of vertu. See virile. In this sense, displaced Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft.
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VIRTUE at a glance
VIRTUE has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (V 4 + I 1 + R 1 + T 1 + U 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,751 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with virtue
All rhymes- STATUE6
- VERTUE9
- HABITUE12
- BATTUE8
- UNVIRTUE11
One letter away
- VIRTUS9
- VERTUE9
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