virtue

[US]/ˈvɜːtʃuː/
[UK]/ˈvɜːrtʃuː/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. moral excellence, goodness, strength, positive trait

Phrases & Collocations

moral virtue

exemplify virtue

uphold virtue

virtue of

by virtue of

in virtue of

virtue education

of easy virtue

virtue and vice

Example Sentences

the virtue of patience.

There is little virtue in this medicine.

Virtue is the antipode of selfishness.

a parade of knowledge and virtue;

virtues are the flip side of vices.

lowly virtue is the jest of fools.

hope is the mean virtue between despair and presumption.

The great virtue of air travel is speed.

a sort of compounding between virtue and vice

lapse from good virtue into vice

inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boor.

her sovereign virtue is compassion.

a plan with the virtue of being practical.

believed in the virtue of prayer.

well off by virtue of a large inheritance.

Vanity and virtue do not go together.

Nylons have the virtue of durability.

Virtue flies from the heart of a mercenary man.

he extolled the virtues of the Russian peoples.

public virtue cannot be mechanized or formulated.

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