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virtue

vir·tue

UK/ˈvɜːt͡ʃuː/ US/ˈvɜːtjuː/ fairly common

noun

1.

the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

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2.

any admirable quality or attribute

  • “work of great merit”
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • by virtue of
  • cardinal virtue
  • dormitive virtue
  • in virtue of
  • in virtue of which
  • lady of light virtue
  • make a virtue of necessity
  • patience is a virtue

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