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vir·tue  (vûrch)

n.

1.

a. Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness.

b. An example or kind of moral excellence: the virtue of patience.

2. Chastity, especially in a woman.

3. A particularly efficacious, good, or beneficial quality; advantage: a plan with the virtue of being practical.

4. Effective force or power: believed in the virtue of prayer.

5. virtues Christianity The fifth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

6. Obsolete Manly courage; valor.

Idiom:

by/in virtue of

On the grounds or basis of; by reason of: well-off by virtue of a large inheritance.

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[Middle English vertu, from Old French, from Latin virts, manliness, excellence, goodness, from vir, man; see w-ro- in Indo-European roots.]

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virtue

Noun

1. moral goodness

2. a positive moral quality: the virtue of humility

3. an advantage or benefit: the added virtue of being harmless

4. chastity, esp. in women

5. by virtue of by reason of; because of: they escaped execution by virtue of their high rank [Latin virtus manliness, courage]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	virtue - the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong moral excellence, virtuousness good, goodness - moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people"
	2.	virtue - any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit" merit worth - the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
	3.	virtue - morality with respect to sexual relations sexual morality, chastity morality - concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct pureness, purity, honor, honour - a woman's virtue or chastity
	4.	virtue - a particular moral excellence         cardinal virtue - one of the seven preeminent virtues good, goodness - moral excellence or admirableness; "there is much good to be found in people"

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virtue

noun 1. goodness, honour, integrity, worth, dignity, excellence, morality, honesty, decency, respectability, nobility, righteousness, propriety, probity, rectitude, worthiness, high-mindedness, incorruptibility, uprightness, virtuousness, ethicalness << OPPOSITE vice

noun 2. merit, strength, asset, plus (informal) attribute, good quality, good point, strong point << OPPOSITE failing

3. advantage, benefit, merit, credit, usefulness, efficacy

noun 4. chastity, honour, virginity, innocence, purity, maidenhood, chasteness << OPPOSITE unchastity >> by virtue of because of, in view of, on account of, based on, thanks to, as a result of, owing to, by reason of, by dint of

Translations

virtue [ˈvəːtjuː] n → virtud f;

by virtue of → en virtud de

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virtue [ˈvəːtjuː] n → vertu f (= advantage); mérite m, avantage m;

by virtue of → en vertu or raison de

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virtue [ˈvəːtjuː] n → Tugend f;

(advantage) → Vorzug m;

by virtue of → aufgrund +gen

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virtue [ˈvəːtjuː] n → virtù f inv (= advantage); pregio, vantaggio;

by virtue of → grazie a

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virtue

n virtue [ˈvəːtʃuː]

1 a good moral quality Honesty is a virtue. deug فَضيلَه добродретел ctnost dyd die Tugend προτέρημα, αρετή virtud voorus فضیلت hyve vertu הִתנַהֲגוּת מוּסָרִית नैतिक गुण vrlina erény kebajikan dyggð virtù 美徳 미덕, 선 dorybė tikums sifat baik deugd dyd cnota virtute добродетель cnosť vrlina vrlina dygd คุณงามความดี erdem, fazilet 美德 цнотливість, невинність نيکي đức hạnh 美德

2 a good quality The house is small, but it has the virtue of being easy to clean. voordeel ميزَه حَسَنَه добро качество výhoda fordel der Vorzug προτέρημα, προσόν virtud eelis مزیت etu avantage יִתָרוֹן अच्छा गुण vrlina, dobra strana érték kebaikan kostur vantaggio 長所 장점, 가치 privalumas labums; priekšrocība kebaikan voordeel fortrinn zaleta virtude avantaj достоинство prednosť, výhoda prednost dobra strana fördel คุณสมบัติที่ดี üstünlük avantaj 優點 якість; достоїнство وصف tính hấp dẫn 优点

3 goodness of character etc She is a person of great virtue. deugsaam عِفَّه، طَهارَه достойнство poctivost god egenskab die Rechtschaffenheit αρετή virtud vooruslikkus حسن hyveellisyys vertu, mérite מַעֲלָה טוֹבָה सदाचार, ईमानदारी, सच्चाई vrlina erkölcsi tisztaság watak baik verðleiki, kostur virtù 貞節 덕, 덕성; 정숙 dorumas laba rakstura īpašība; labs raksturs sifat baik deugdzaamheid karakterstyrke prawość virtude merit добродетель dobrá vlastnosť, bezúhonnosť, počestnosť krepost vrlina dygd น่าชื่นชม meziyet, haslet 貞操 доброчесність, чеснота حسن سيرت đức tính tốt 贞操

adj virtuous

morally good She is a virtuous young woman. kuis عَفيف، طاهِر، ذو فَضيلَه непорочна ctnostný dydig; anstændig tugendhaft ενάρετος virtuoso; (peyorativo) santurrón vooruslik پرهیزکار hyveellinen vertueux בַּעַל הִתנַהֲגוּת מוּסָרִית नैतिक moralan erkölcsös berwatak baik dyggðugur virtuoso 徳のある 덕 있는, 덕성스러운; 정숙한 dorybingas tikumīgs berakhlak mulia deugdzaam dydig, moralsk prawy, cnotliwy virtuoso virtuos добродетельный poctivý kreposten moralan dygdig, rättskaffens เกี่ยวกับหลักศีลธรรม dürüst, erdemli, faziletli 貞操的, 有道德地 доброчесний نيک، خوش اخلاق đức tính tốt 贞操的, 有道德地

adv virtuously

kuis باسْتِقامَه، بِفَضيلَه целомъдрено čestně dydigt; anstændigt tugendhaft ενάρετα con virtud, virtuosamente vooruslikult با پرهیزکاری hyveellisesti vertueusement בְּאוֹפֶן מוּסָרִי नेकी से, पवित्रतापूर्वक, सतीत्वभाव से moralno erényesen secara baik á réttlátan/dyggðugan hátt virtuosamente 高潔に 덕 있게; 정숙하게 dorai tikumīgi dlm kemuliaan deugdzaam dydig, moralsk cnotliwie virtuosamente virtuos добродетельно poctivo krepostno moralno dygdigt อย่างมีศีลธรรม dürüst bir şekilde 貞操地, 合乎道德地 цнотливо خوش اخلاقي سے đức tính tốt 贞操地, 合乎道德地

n virtuousness

kuisheid فضيلَه، طَهارَه целомъдреност mravnost dydighed; anstændighed die Tugendhaftigkeit αρετή virtud vooruslikkus پارسایی؛ نجابت hyveellisyys vertu מוּסָרִיוּת नेकी, पवित्रता, सतीत्व moralnost erényesség, erkölcsösség kebaikan dyggð l'essere virtuoso 高潔さ 덕; 정숙 dorybė, dorumas tikumība; cēlsirdība kemuliaan deugdzaamheid dydighet prawość, cnotliwość virtude virtute добродетельность poctivosť poštenost moralnost dygdighet การมีศีลธรรม dürüstlük 貞操, 貞德, 高潔 цнотливість نيک کرداري، خوش اخلاقي sự có đức tính tốt 贞操, 贞德, 高洁