1. (

• virtue ,
• virtuousness ,
• moral_excellence

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

2. (

• merit ,
• virtue ,

) any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit" ;

3. (

• virtue ,
• chastity ,
• sexual_morality

) morality with respect to sexual relations ;

4. (

• virtue ,

) a particular moral excellence ;