Look up: Virtue

1. virtue
   [n] - morality with respect to sexual relations 2. [n] - a particular moral excellence 3. [n] - the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
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2. virtue
   Originally, ability or efficiency, often involving moral worth. In classical Greek it is used especially to refer to manly qualities. Christian teaching distinguishes the cardinal virtues of...
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3. Virtue
   Vir'tue noun [ Middle English vertu , French vertu , Latin virtus strength, courage, excellence, virtue, from vir a man. See Virile , and confer Virtu .] 1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; ...
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4. virtue
   1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor. 'Built too strong For force or virtue ever to expugn.' (Chapman) ... 2. Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine. 'Jesus, im...
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5. virtue
   sexual morality noun morality with respect to sexual relations
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6. virtue
   moral excellence noun the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
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7. Virtue
   • (n.) Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor. • (n.) Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance. • (n.) Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; effi...
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8. virtue
   (from the article `ethics`) How should we live? Shall we aim at happiness or at knowledge, virtue, or the creation of beautiful objects? If we choose happiness, will it be our ... ...particular ethical theory. Contemporary bioethicists make use of a variety of different views, including primarily utilitarianism and Kantianism ... The...
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9. virtue
   in Christianity, any of the seven virtues selected as being fundamental to Christian ethics. They consist of the four `natural` virtues, those ... [2 related articles]
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10. virtue
    virtue 1. The quality of being morally good or righteous. 2. A particular quality that is morally good. 3. A particular quality that is good or admirable, but not necessarily in terms of morality. 4. 'Moral life and conduct, moral excellence,' vertu; from Anglo-French and Old French vertu, from Lat...
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11. Virtue
    HMS Virtue was a British V Class submarine of 545 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMS Virtue was powered by two Davey Paxman diesel engines providing a top speed of 13 knots surfaced and two electric motors providing a top speed of 10 knots submerged. She was armed with one 3 inch gun; two 20 mm...
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12. virtue
    virtue [Lat.,=manliness], in philosophy, quality of good in human conduct. The cardinal virtues, as presented by Plato, were wisdom (or prudence), courage, temperance, and justice. They are to be interpreted as descriptive of conduct rather than innate qualities and are achieved through proper train...
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13. Virtue
    (Gr. arete) In Aristotle's philosophy that state of a thing which constitutes its peculiar excellence and enables it to perform its function well; particularly, in man, the activity of reason and of rationally ordered habits. (Lat. virtus) In Roman philosophy, virtue became associated with virility ...
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14. Virtue
    (musical group) `Virtue` is a popular Gospel music group. The group Currently consists of sisters Ebony Holland, Karima Kibble and Heather Martin. Biography: The group was formed 1994 by Karima Trotter (Kibble), Ebony Trotter (Holland), Negelle Sumter, and Shavonne Sampson. All four women att...
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15. Virtue
    (film) `Virtue` is a 1932 romance film starring Carole Lombard and Pat O`Brien. Plot summary: The next day, Mae goes to the cab company to pay Jimmy. They start arguing, but they are attracted to each other. He gets her a job as a waitress. By coincidence, Gert (Shirley Grey), another ...
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16. Virtue
    (album) `Virtue` is the first album of the gospel group Virtue. The self-titled release spawned three singles "Greatest Part Of Me ", "Let the Redeemed", and "I Must Tell Jesus". Track listing: #Let the Redeemed #Your Love Lifted Me #So Good To Know #Great...
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17. Virtue
    (Law & Order) `"Virtue"` is the 96th episode of NBC`s legal drama Law & Order, and the eighth episode of the fifth season. Plot: Detectives Lenny Briscoe and Mike Logan are called to the scene of a drunk driving car accident, where a woman is found dead in one of the ...
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