Virtue | Mean of virtue in English Dictionary

/ˈvɚtʃu/

• Noun
• morally good behavior or character
1. I urge you all to lead lives of virtue. [=to live virtuously]
2. She says that virtue is its own reward. [=that if you do good things, you do not need to be rewarded with money, fame, etc.]
3. His supporters regard him as a model/paragon of virtue. [=as a person who has no moral faults]
• a good and moral quality
1. Patience is a virtue.
• the good result that comes from something
1. Her parents taught her the virtue of hard work. [=that hard work is important and valuable]

• an advantage or benefit
1. The restaurant is inexpensive, and it has the added virtue of being close to our house.
2. One of the virtues of this job is the flexible hours.
• because of (something)
1. She has the right to participate by virtue of her status as a former employee.
• to benefit from something that you are forced to do
1. When he lost his driver's license, he made a virtue out of necessity and got in shape by riding his bike to work.