Virtue
Goodness made personal
Virtue is moral excellence or goodness of character.
The classical virtues—courage, temperance, justice, wisdom—were qualities enabling a person to live well.
In Christian tradition, theological virtues like faith, hope, and charity join them.
A virtue can also be any admirable quality: Patience is a virtue.
To make a virtue of necessity is to treat an unavoidable situation as chosen or beneficial.
By virtue of means by means of or because of: She succeeded by virtue of hard work.
Careful, wise judgment
- justiceFair treatment under law
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- courageFortitude facing danger
wisdom · faith · hope · charity · humility · patience · diligence · kindness
Study of right conduct
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- goodnessMoral excellence
- moralityRight and wrong principles
uprightness · decency · honesty · principle · rectitude · character · conscience · honor
Moral correctness or virtue
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- pietySincere religious devotion
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
devotion · sanctity · godliness · dharma · karma · enlightenment · spiritual merit · religious practice
Uncontaminated quality
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- virginityAbsence of carnal experience
- modestyAbsence of vanity
- celibacyAbstaining from intimate relations
abstinence · maidenhood · honor · chasteness · continence · unsullied · unblemished · sexual morality
prudence
Careful, wise judgment
- justiceFair treatment under law
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
courage · wisdom · faith · hope · charity · humility · patience · diligence · kindness · generosity
ethics
Study of right conduct
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- goodnessMoral excellence
morality · uprightness · decency · honesty · principle · rectitude · character · conscience · honor · probity
righteousness
Moral correctness or virtue
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- pietySincere religious devotion
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
grace · devotion · sanctity · godliness · dharma · karma · enlightenment · spiritual merit · religious practice · divine favor
purity
Uncontaminated quality
celibacy · abstinence · maidenhood · honor · chasteness · continence · unsullied · unblemished · sexual morality · maidenly
merit
Deserved praise-worthiness
asset · benefit · value · efficacy · worth · potency · effectiveness · power · forte · attribute
Virtueunchastity
Sexual impurity or misconduct
promiscuity · licentiousness · lewdness · immodesty · wantonness
- virtual realityComputer-created interactive environment
- virtual tourRemote visual exploration experience
- virtual communitiesGroups connected through internet
- virtual worldSimulated digital environment
- virtual assistantSoftware providing automated help
- virtual meetingsRemote digital gatherings
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