Virtuous

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  • adjective. Having or showing virtue, especially moral excellence: synonym: moral.
  • adjective. Chaste.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having or exhibiting manly strength and courage; valorous; brave; gallant.
  • Possessed of or exhibiting virtue; morally good; acting in conformity with right; discharging moral duties and obligations, and abstaining from immoral practices: as, a virtuous man.
  • Being in conformity to the moral or divine law: as, a virtuous deed; a virtuous life.
  • Chaste; pure; modest.
  • Efficacious by inherent qualities; having singular or eminent properties or powers; potent; effective.
  • = Syn. 2 and 3. Upright, exemplary, worthy, righteous. See morality.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Possessing or exhibiting virtue.
  • adjective. Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave.
  • adjective. Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent.
  • adjective. Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure.
  • adjective. Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Full of virtue, having excellent moral character.
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  • adjective. morally excellent
  • adjective. in a state of sexual virginity
  • Word Usage
    "* The cardinal* (* 9*) * virtues* are the _hinge_-virtues, those on which the character _hinges_ or turns, those, the possession of all which, would constitute a virtuous character, while the absence of any one of them would justly forfeit for a man the epithet _virtuous_."
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    dishonest  wicked  
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    chaste  
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