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Virtue means moral excellence. (noun)

An example of virtue is the following of all the Ten Commandments.

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See virtue in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

general moral excellence; right action and thinking; goodness or morality
a specific moral quality regarded as good or meritorious
chastity, esp. in a woman
1. excellence in general; merit: the virtue in planning ahead
2. a good quality or feature: the virtues of teaching as a profession
effective power or force; efficacy; esp., the ability to heal or strengthen: the virtue of a medicine
Now Rare manly quality; strength, courage, etc.

See virtue in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(vûrˈcho͞o)

noun

a. Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness.
b. An example or kind of moral excellence: the virtue of patience.
Chastity, especially in a woman.
A particularly efficacious, good, or beneficial quality; advantage: a plan with the virtue of being practical.
Effective force or power: believed in the virtue of prayer.
virtues Christianity The fifth of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
Obsolete Manly courage; valor.

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