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The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
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virtuousness
Word definitions for virtuousness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong [syn: virtue , moral excellence ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Virtuous \Vir"tu*ous\ (?; 135), a. [OE. vertuous, OF. vertuos, vertuous, F. vertueux, fr. L. Virtuous. See Virtue , and cf. Virtuoso .] Possessing or exhibiting virtue. Specifically: Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave. [Obs.] ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being virtuous.
Usage examples of virtuousness.
The virtuousness of these seven maidens has never been held in question, for it has never been put to the test.
I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.
He went through with it like the solid citizen he was: admitted the evils of tobacco, courageously made resolves, laid out plans to check the vice, tapered off his allowance of cigars, and expounded the pleasures of virtuousness to every one he met.