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Another word for virtue

Noun

  1. The quality or state of being morally sound

    2. See also:

    right

  2. The condition of being chaste

    3. See also:

    sex

    restraint

    good

  3. A special feature or quality that confers superiority

    4. See also:

    good

  4. A level of superiority that is usually high

    5. See also:

    value

    good

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Idioms:

    by-virtue-of

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • I can't deny the power of prayer, or the virtue of tenacity.

  • Love virtue, and the people will be virtuous.

  • "Virtue is knowledge"; knowledge of what?

  • Virtue is often held up for admiration, and vice painted in revolting colours or derided.

  • The love of right reason is the supreme virtue, whence flow the cardinal virtues, diligence, obedience, justice and humility.

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