virtue
noun
[ ˈvəːtʃuː ]
• behaviour showing high moral standards.
• "paragons of virtue"
Similar:
goodness,
virtuousness,
righteousness,
morality,
ethicalness,
uprightness,
upstandingness,
integrity,
dignity,
rectitude,
honesty,
honourableness,
honourability,
honour,
incorruptibility,
probity,
propriety,
decency,
respectability,
nobility,
nobility of soul/spirit,
nobleness,
worthiness,
worth,
good,
trustworthiness,
meritoriousness,
irreproachableness,
blamelessness,
purity,
pureness,
lack of corruption,
merit,
principles,
high principles,
ethics,
• (in traditional Christian angelology) the seventh-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French vertu, from Latin virtus ‘valour, merit, moral perfection’, from vir ‘man’.
