- moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.
- conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude.
- chastity; virginity: to lose one's virtue.
- a particular moral excellence.
- a good or admirable quality or property:the virtue of knowing one's weaknesses.
- effective force; power or potency: a charm with the virtue of removing warts.
- an order of angels.
- manly excellence; valor.
- by reason of; because of: to act by virtue of one's legitimate authority.
- to make the best of a difficult or unsatisfactory situation.
- the quality or practice of moral excellence or righteousness
- a particular moral excellence
- any of the cardinal virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) or theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity)
- any admirable quality, feature, or trait
- chastity, esp in women
- an effective, active, or inherent power or force
- on account of or by reason of
- to acquiesce in doing something unpleasant with a show of grace because one must do it in any case
