virtue

Etymology
From, , borrowed from , , from , from. . See. In this sense, displaced, whence.

Noun

 * 1)  Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
 * 2) A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.
 * 3) Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
 * 4) An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
 * 5)  A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim.
 * 6)  Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
 * 7)  The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.
 * 8) The inherent power or efficacy of something.
 * 1) An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
 * 2)  A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim.
 * 3)  Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
 * 4)  The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.
 * 5) The inherent power or efficacy of something.
 * 1)  Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
 * 2)  The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.
 * 3) The inherent power or efficacy of something.
 * 1) The inherent power or efficacy of something.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:goodness
 * See Thesaurus:goodness

Translations

 * Afrikaans: deug
 * Albanian:, ,
 * Arabic: فَضِيلَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: fəzilət
 * Belarusian: цно́та, дабрачы́ннасць, дабрачы́ннасьць
 * Bengali: সদ্গুণ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: birtud
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dyd
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: voorus
 * Finnish: hyvellisyys,
 * French:
 * Friulian: virtût
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ღირსება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀρετή
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ilocano: birtud
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: virtute
 * Irish: suáilce
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: ізгілік
 * Khmer:, គុណធម៌, ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ຄຸນນະທຳ, ຄຸນ, ກຸສົນ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: dorybė
 * Macedonian: доблест, добродетел
 * Malay: fadzilat, kebajikan,
 * Middle English: honeste
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: dygd
 * Old English: cræft
 * Old Norse: dygð
 * Pangasinan: birtud
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, , ستودگی, هژیری,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: врлѝна
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: virtuti
 * Slovak: cnosť
 * Slovene: vrlina
 * Solon: buyaa
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik: фазилат, некӯӣ, некӯкор, ҳусн
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: సుగుణం
 * Thai:, , ,
 * Tibetan: དགེ་བ
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: fazylet
 * Ukrainian:, доброче́сність
 * Urdu: فَضِیلَت, اَچّھائی, نیکی
 * Uyghur:
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: vertù
 * Vietnamese: (德)
 * Welsh:


 * Afrikaans: deug
 * Arabic: فَضِيلَة
 * Belarusian: го́днасць, го́днасьць
 * Bulgarian: досто́инство
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: dyd
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ღირსება, სათნოება
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: virtute
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: cræft
 * Old Norse: dygð
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: సుగుణం
 * Tocharian B: kärtsauñe
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: гі́дність
 * Welsh:


 * Arabic: عِفَّة, طَهَارَة
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Danish: dyd
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სათნოება, უმანკოება, უბიწოება, პატიოსნება
 * German:
 * Interlingua: virtute
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 순결(純潔)
 * Macedonian: доблест
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Old Norse: dygð
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, , , ,


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: dyd
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ხარისხი, ეფექტურობა
 * German:
 * Interlingua: virtute
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Hebrew:, מַעֲלַת טֻכֹּות, מַעֲלַת סֻכֹּות
 * Interlingua: virtute
 * Italian:


 * Guaraní:
 * Indonesian:
 * Romanian:
 * Tupinambá:
 * Volapük: