1. The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
   "Her virtue was evident in her consistent honesty and integrity";
   - virtuousness, moral excellence
    
2. Any admirable quality or attribute
   "work of great virtue";
   - merit
    
3. A particular moral excellence
   "Honesty was considered a virtue in their culture"
    
4. Morality with respect to sexual relations
   "The Victorian era was known for its strict virtue";
   - chastity, sexual morality

Derived forms: virtues

See also: chaste, unchaste

Type of: good, goodness, merit, morality, value, worth

Encyclopedia: Virtue, Keith