virtuenoun
uk/ˈvɜː.tʃuː/us/ˈvɝː.tʃuː/virtue noun (GOOD MORALS)
C2 [ C or U ] a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of being morally good:
Patience is a virtue.
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vice noun
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- In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue who would never compromise her reputation.
- Her virtue would be proof against his charms.
- Discretion is a virtue worth cultivating.
- Tact is not one of his virtues.
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Virtue and moral good
- altruism
- angel
- angelic
- be as pure as the driven snow idiom
- be on the side of the angels idiom
- clean
- goodness
- lily-white
- moral
- nobility
- noble
- principled
- pure
- selfless
- spinach
- straight
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions idiom
- the straight and narrow idiom
- unselfish
- upright
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virtue noun (ADVANTAGE)
C2 [ C or U ] an advantage or good thing:
Would there be any virtue in taking an earlier train?
The actress has appeared in many TV ads extolling (= praising) the virtues of hair products.
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Advantage and disadvantage
- a free ride idiom
- a stick to beat sb with idiom
- advantage
- an ace up your sleeve idiom
- attraction
- be/stay/keep one jump ahead idiom
- cash
- cash in on sth
- edge
- fish
- in the right place at the right time idiom
- it's tough at the top idiom
- lock in sth
- lock sb out of sth
- lose out
- profit
- profit from sth
- upside
- you've got nothing to lose idiom
- your best/strongest/trump card idiom
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virtue noun (BECAUSE OF)
by virtue of C2 formal
because of; as a result of:
She succeeded by virtue of her tenacity rather than her talent.
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Linguistics: connecting words which introduce a cause or reason
- at
- because of
- behalf
- cause 1
- cos
- courtesy
- fear
- for
- from
- herein
- necessarily
- on sb's account idiom
- order
- right
- sake 1
- thanks
- through
- what with idiom
- with
- with a view to doing sth idiom
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Idiom(s)
make a virtue (out) of sth