virtue's
Belonging to righteousness
Virtue's is the possessive form of virtue, indicating something belonging to or associated with moral excellence or a particular good quality.
It appears in phrases like virtue's reward or virtue's own sake.
The form also serves as a contraction of "virtue is" or "virtue has": Virtue's its own reward.
Underlying support structure
- coreCentral essential portion
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- natureInherent quality or disposition
- meaningWhat something signifies
definition · boundaries · limits · scope · measure · standard · opposite · absence
Prayer seeking divine favor
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- meritDeserved praise-worthiness
- fruitEdible plant ovary
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
root · source · origin · heavenly · divine · sacred · holy · spiritual
Payment for service
- ownHave legal title to
- sakePurpose or interest
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- pathRoute for traveling
practice · pursuit · possession · embodiment · crown · attainment · perfection · guardian
Indispensable requirement
- importanceState of mattering
- significanceQuality of mattering
- valueImportance or price
- worthDegree of importance
role · place · primacy · supremacy · hierarchy · classification · unity · plurality
foundation
Underlying support structure
- coreCentral essential portion
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- natureInherent quality or disposition
meaning · definition · boundaries · limits · scope · measure · standard · opposite · absence · loss
blessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
seed · root · source · origin · heavenly · divine · sacred · holy · spiritual · eternal
reward
Payment for service
- ownHave legal title to
- sakePurpose or interest
- cultivationFostering growth through care
path · practice · pursuit · possession · embodiment · crown · attainment · perfection · guardian · champion
necessity
Indispensable requirement
- importanceState of mattering
- significanceQuality of mattering
- valueImportance or price
worth · role · place · primacy · supremacy · hierarchy · classification · unity · plurality · acquisition
power
Energy transfer rate
strength · influence · effect · operation · working · action · healing · curative · medicinal · restorative
- patience is a virtue
- made a virtue of necessityTreated unavoidable as desirable
- virtue signalingShowy ethical posturing
- vice and virtueImmorality and moral excellence
- by virtue ofBecause of having
- virtue and viceMoral excellence and corruption