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Meanings of virtue in English

Russian
добродетель
Portuguese
virtude
Spanish
virtudes
Catalan
excel·lència
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Morally positive trait or quality deemed to be morally good.

      добродетель
      Portuguese
      castidade
      Catalan
      castedat
      Spanish
      pudor

      Morality with respect to sexual relations.

            castidade
            Portuguese
            mérito
            Catalan
            mèrit
            Spanish
            mérito

            Any admirable quality or attribute.

                mérito

                Moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.

                      Usage of virtue in English
                      1
                      Their survival skills are a virtue only up to a point, however.
                      Reuters
                      2
                      As virtue and wickedness consist not in passion, but in action; so
                      Meditations
                      3
                      In fact, he'd just lectured her on the virtue of taking responsibility.
                      Our little secret
                      4
                      The virtue of the white race was necessarily involved in the institution.
                      Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
                      5
                      He had a tremendous access of violence and brutality and soldierly virtue.
                      Swastika Night
                      6
                      It is possible that his virtue lived on a lack of energy.
                      East of eden
                      7
                      Examples are the best and most lasting lectures; virtue the best example.
                      Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
                      8
                      In Paris, the highest virtue is the object of the foulest calumny.
                      The Commission in Lunacy
                      9
                      And the Lord knew that virtue flourished in the heart of Noah.
                      Codex Junius 11
                      10
                      The saints are not equal in virtue and the attainments of grace.
                      Sermons on Various Important Subjects / Written Partly on Sundry...
                      11
                      There is grave danger of a revival of virtue in this country.
                      The Pleasures of Ignorance
                      12
                      All virtue is madness in a world so sinful; nevertheless I go.
                      The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sie...
                      13
                      Every virtue is laudable; Kindness is a virtue; Therefore kindness is laudable.
                      The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section S
                      14
                      Do not bruise the seeds, as the virtue resides in the covering.
                      Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
                      15
                      The virtue of a girl is of slight importance in the country.
                      Original Short Stories — Volume 09
                      16
                      The virtue of a girl is scarcely of importance in the country.
                      The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4
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