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Definitions for virtuous
ˈvɜr tʃu əsvir·tu·ous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. virtuousadjective

    morally excellent

  2. pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuousadjective

    in a state of sexual virginity

    "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"

Wiktionary

  1. virtuousadjective

    Full of virtue, having excellent moral character.

  2. Etymology: From Middle English, Anglo Norman, ultimately from virtuōsus, from virtus.

Wikipedia

  1. virtuous

    Virtue (Latin: virtus) is 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. In other words, it is a behavior that shows high moral standards: doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong. The opposite of virtue is vice. Other examples of this notion include the concept of merit in Asian traditions as well as De (Chinese 德). Buddhism's four brahmavihara ("Divine States") can be regarded as virtues in the European sense.

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  1. virtuous

    Virtuous refers to having or showing high moral standards, or exhibiting behavior that is morally excellent, righteous, or ethical. Someone who is virtuous typically demonstrates qualities such as honesty, integrity, kindness, patience, selflessness, courage, and respect, among others. They often act in ways that are in accordance with moral and ethical principles.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Virtuousadjective

    possessing or exhibiting virtue

  2. Virtuousadjective

    exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave

  3. Virtuousadjective

    having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent

  4. Virtuousadjective

    having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action

  5. Virtuousadjective

    chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women

  6. Etymology: [OE. vertuous, OF. vertuos, vertuous, F. vertueux, fr. L. Virtuous. See Virtue, and cf. Virtuoso.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of virtuous in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of virtuous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of virtuous in a Sentence

  1. Saint Thomas Aquinas:

    Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.

  2. Benjamin Franklin:

    Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

  3. Chinese:

    The man of first rate excellence is virtuous in spite of instruction; he of the middle class is so after instruction; the lowest order of men are vicious in spite of instruction.

  4. Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness:

    The man who suffers from a sense of sin is suffering from a particular kind of self-love. In all this vast universe the thing that appears to him of most importance is that he himself should be virtuous. It is a grave defect in certain forms of traditional religion that they have encouraged this particular kind of self-absorption.

  5. Confucius, The Confucian Analects:

    Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

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