VIRTUE
\vˈɜːt͡ʃuː], \vˈɜːtʃuː], \v_ˈɜː_tʃ_uː]\
Definitions of VIRTUE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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morality with respect to sexual relations
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the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
By Princeton University
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morality with respect to sexual relations
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the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
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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.
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Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.
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Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.
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A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.
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Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.
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One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.
By Oddity Software
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Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.
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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.
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Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.
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Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.
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A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.
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Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.
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One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.
By Noah Webster.
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Character traits that are considered to be morally praiseworthy. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Strength or effectiveness; worth; goodness; morality; purity; excellence or merit; a specific kind of goodness, such as temperance or patience.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Excellence: worth: moral excellence: the practice of duty: a moral excellence: female chastity: purity: strength (so in B.): force: power: efficacy.
By Daniel Lyons
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Power; efficacy; moral excellence; chastity.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] Active quality or power; strength; force; efficacy;—natural excellence ; worth;—moral excellence; morality; uprightness;—a particular moral excellence;—especially, female chastity; virginity; purity;—one of the orders of the celestial hierarchy;— medicinal quality or efficacy;—legal power or efficacy; authority.
