Virtu vs. Virtue

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Virtuenoun

(uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.

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A love of the fine arts; a taste for curiosities.

‘I had thoughts, in my chambers to place it in view,To be shown to my friends as a piece of virtù.’;

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A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.

Virtunoun

love of or taste for fine objects of art

Virtuenoun

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.

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artistic quality

Virtuenoun

An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.

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objet d'art collectively (especially fine antiques)

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A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and below archangels.

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(uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.

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(obsolete) The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.

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The inherent power or efficacy of something now only in phrases.

Virtuenoun

Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.

‘Built too strongFor force or virtue ever to expugn.’;

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Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine.

‘Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about.’; ‘A man was driven to depend for his security against misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his syntax.’; ‘The virtue of his midnight agony.’;

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Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance.

‘She moves the body which she doth possess,Yet no part toucheth, but by virtue's touch.’;

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Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.

‘I made virtue of necessity.’; ‘In the Greek poets, . . . the economy of poems is better observed than in Terence, who thought the sole grace and virtue of their fable the sticking in of sentences.’;

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Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty.

‘Virtue only makes our bliss below.’; ‘If there's Power above us,And that there is all nature cries aloudThrough all her works, he must delight in virtue.’;

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A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc.

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Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity.

‘H. I believe the girl has virtue.M. And if she has, I should be the last man in the world to attempt to corrupt it.’;

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One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy.

‘Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.’;

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the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

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any admirable quality or attribute;

‘work of great merit’;

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morality with respect to sexual relations

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a particular moral excellence

Virtue

Virtue (Latin: virtus) is a moral excellence. A virtue is a trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of principle and good moral being.