virtue

Roget category 944

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.3. Moral conditions

#944. Virtue

noun

virtue — virtuousness etc. adj. — morality — moral rectitude — integrity etc. (probity) 939 — nobleness etc. 873.
morals — ethics etc. (duty) 926 — cardinal virtues.
merit, worth, desert, excellence, credit — self-control etc. (resolution) 604 — self-denial etc. (temperance) 953.
well-doing — good actions, good behavior — discharge of duty, fulfillment of duty, performance of duty — well-spent life — innocence etc. 946.

verb

be virtuous etc. adj. — practice virtue etc. n. — do one's duty, fulfill one's duty, perform one's duty, discharge one's duty — redeem one's pledge, keep one's promise etc. 926 — act well, act one's part — fight the good fight — acquit oneself well — command one's passions, master one's passions — keep in the right path.
set an example, set a good example — be on one's good behavior, be on one's best behavior.

adjective

virtuous, good — innocent etc. 946 — meritorious, deserving, worthy, desertful^†, correct — dutiful, duteous — moral — right, righteous, right-minded — well-intentioned, creditable, laudable, commendable, praiseworthy — above all praise, beyond all praise — excellent, admirable — sterling, pure, noble — whole-souled^†.
exemplary — matchless, peerless — saintly, saint-like — heaven-born, angelic, seraphic, godlike.

adverb

virtuously &c., adj. — e merito [Lat.].

phrase

esse quam videri bonus malebat [Lat.] [Sallust]; Schonheit vergeht Tugend besteht [G.] — virtue the greatest of all monarchies" [Swift]; virtus laudatur et alget [Juvenal]; virtus vincit invidiam [Lat.].

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