Definition of virtue

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Virtue (n.) Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.

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Titulary :: Titulary (n.) A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not..
Hypocrisy :: Hypocrisy (n.) The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness..
Declension :: Declension (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc..
Ex Officio :: Ex officio () From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially..
Utilitarianism :: Utilitarianism (n.) The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe..
Nourish :: Nourish (v. t.) To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues..
Electrical :: Electrical (a.) Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark..
Polarity :: Polarity (n.) That quality or condition of a body in virtue of which it exhibits opposite, or contrasted, properties or powers, in opposite, or contrasted, parts or directions; or a condition giving rise to a contrast of properties corresponding to a contrast of positions, as, for example, attraction and repulsion in the opposite parts of a magnet, the dissimilar phenomena corresponding to the different sides of a polarized ray of light, etc..
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
Inclined :: Inclined (p. p. & a.) Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue..
Attempt :: Attempt (v. t.) To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman..
Virtuate :: Virtuate (v. t.) To make efficacious; to give virtue of efficacy.
Extreme :: Extreme (n.) Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet..
Probity :: Probity (n.) Tried virtue or integrity; approved moral excellence; honesty; rectitude; uprightness.
Bounty :: Bounty (n.) Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth..
Default :: Default (n.) Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.
Prudish :: Prudish (a.) Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue; as, a prudish woman; prudish manners..
Frail :: Frail (superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women..
Percolation :: Percolation (n.) The act or process of percolating, or filtering; filtration; straining. Specifically (Pharm.), the process of exhausting the virtues of a powdered drug by letting a liquid filter slowly through it..
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