- 1. n. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor. Source: opted
- 2. n. 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance. Source: opted
- 4. n. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth. Source: opted
- 5. n. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty. Source: opted
- 6. n. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc. Source: opted
- 7. n. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity. Source: opted
- 8. n. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy. Source: opted
- 9. n. the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong Source: wordnet
- 10. n. any admirable quality or attribute Source: wordnet
- 11. n. morality with respect to sexual relations Source: wordnet
- 12. n. a particular moral excellence Source: wordnet
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