virtue

CEFRB1

/ˈvɜːt͡ʃuː/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A good quality or moral behavior.

  2. 02

    noun

    An advantage or useful feature.

Examples

  • Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.

  • She became rich by virtue of hard work and good business sense.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈvɜːtjuː/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.

  2. An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality.

  3. (uncountable) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known as "the virtues", the enumeration of which vary by the many virtue systems which have developed within different cultures, religions, and historical periods.

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In context

  • He led a life of virtue.

  • Without virtue, there is no freedom.

  • The commission of acts by a person which he or she believes to be wrong can cause a diminishment of one or more of the virtues which subsist in the person's personality; in this way such actions may be viewed as significant life events.

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Origin

noun

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.