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31virtue */*/ — UK [ˈvɜː(r)tʃuː] / US [ˈvɜrtʃu] noun Word forms virtue : singular virtue plural virtues 1) [countable] a good quality or habit that a person has, especially a moral one such as honesty or loyalty Patience is not one of my virtues. teaching… …
32Virtue (musical group) — Infobox musical artist Name = Virtue Background = group or band Alias = Origin = New Orleans, Louisiana United States Genre = Gospel, Contemporary Christian, Inspirational/Worship Years active = 1997 ndash; Present Label = Verity Records (1997… …
33virtue — A virtue is a trait of character that is to be admired: one rendering its possessor better, either morally, or intellectually, or in the conduct of specific affairs. Both Plato and Aristotle devote much time to the unity of the virtues, or the… …
34virtue ethics — The theory of ethics that takes the notion of virtue as primary, rather than a view either of the ‘good’, for the sake of which we act, or of duty, law or reason thought of as providing rules of action. Virtue ethics is typically modelled on the… …
35virtue — vir|tue W3 [ˈvə:tʃu: US ˈvə:r ] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: virtu, from Latin virtus strength, virtue , from vir man ] 1.) [U] formal moral goodness of character and behaviour ≠ ↑vice ▪ Women have often been used as symbols of… …
36virtue — noun 1 (U) formal moral goodness of character and behaviour: a man of the highest virtue opposite vice 2 (C) a particular good quality in someone s character: Among her many virtues are loyalty, courage and truthfulness. 3 (C, U) an advantage… …
37virtue — /ˈvɜtʃu / (say verchooh) noun 1. moral excellence or goodness. 2. conformity of life and conduct to moral laws; uprightness; rectitude. 3. a particular moral excellence, the cardinal virtues being justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude, and …
38virtue — n. 1 moral excellence; uprightness, goodness. 2 a particular form of this (patience is a virtue). 3 chastity, esp. of a woman. 4 a good quality (has the virtue of being adjustable). 5 efficacy; inherent power (no virtue in such drugs). 6 an… …
39virtue is its own reward — Cf. OVID Ex Ponto ii. iii. virtutem pretium..esse sui, virtue is its own reward. 1509 A. BARCLAY Ship of Fools 10v Vertue hath no rewarde. 1596 SPENSER Faerie Queene III. xii. Your vertue selfe her owne reward shall breed, Euen immortall praise,… …
40Virtue Is Its Own Reward — Infobox Film name = Virtue Is Its Own Reward image size = caption = director = Joe De Grasse producer = writer = John Barton Oxford Harry G. Stafford narrator = starring = Pauline Bush Lon Chaney, Sr. music = cinematography = editing =… …
