virtue

Definitions

• (uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
• A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality.
• Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
• An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
• A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and below archangels.
• (uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
• (obsolete) The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being.
• The inherent power or efficacy of something now only in phrases.