virtue
1. moral excellence; a good moral quality or behavior
Honesty is a virtue that should be cultivated.
A honestidade é uma virtude que deve ser cultivada.
2. a particular good quality or trait
Patience is one of her greatest virtues.
A paciência é uma de suas maiores virtudes.
3. merit or advantage; a beneficial quality
The virtue of this method is its simplicity.
A virtude deste método é sua simplicidade.
4. chastity or sexual morality, especially in women (archaic)
She was praised for her virtue.
Ela era elogiada por sua virtude.
Related Idioms & Phrases
por virtude de (by virtue of; because of)
fazer virtude de necessidade (to make a virtue of necessity)
ter a virtude de (to have the virtue/quality of)
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