conformity to a standard of right; morality
a particular moral excellence
Truthfulness is a virtue
a beneficial or commendable quality
The wardrobe has the virtue of being easily assembled
archaic chastity, esp in a woman
archaic a capacity to act; potency
by virtue of
through the force of; having as a right
as a result of; because of
make a virtue of necessity
to do something one does not want to do with a show of goodwill because one is going to have to do it whether one likes it or not
virtueless adj
[Middle English virtu via French from Latin virtut-, virtus strength, manliness, virtue, from vir man]