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Possessing or exhibiting virtue.

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  1. a. Possessing or exhibiting virtue.
  2. a. Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave.
  3. a. Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent.
  4. a. Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action.
  5. a. Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.
  6. adj. morally excellent
  7. adj. in a state of sexual virginity
  8. j:100 a. morally excellent