VIRTUE

n. 1 morality, high-mindedness, honour, goodness, justness, righteousness, fairness, integrity, right-mindedness, honesty, probity, uprightness, rectitude, decency, worth, worthiness, nobility, character, respectability You will find the Billingses to be people of unassailable virtue 2 virginity, chastity, chasteness, honour, innocence, purity As Healey had six daughters, he was kept quite busy protecting their virtue 3 quality, credit, strength, good point, asset Opposing the seven deadly sins are the three theological virtues, faith, hope, and charity, and the four cardinal virtues, fortitude, justice, prudence, and temperance 4 by virtue of. by dint of, owing to, thanks to, by reason of, because of, on account of Gerry was a part owner by virtue of his investment in the company