## Meanings
1. A good moral quality in a person.
2. Behaviour that follows high moral standards; goodness.
3. A good or useful quality of something; an advantage.

## Examples
- Patience is a virtue worth developing.
- He led a life of virtue and honesty.
- The main virtue of the plan is its simplicity.

## Synonyms
- douth
- goodness
- thew

## Antonyms
- foible
- vice

## Derived Forms
- pseudovirtue
- virtue-signaling
- virtue-signalling
- virtuous

## Related Forms
- aretaic
- paragon
- virago
- virile
- virtual
- virtuosa
- virtuosity
- virtuoso
- virtuous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: vertu
- Root: virtus

## Etymology
From Middle English vertu, virtue, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertu, virtu, from Latin virtus (“manliness, bravery, worth, moral excellence”), from vir (“man”). Doublet of vertu. See virile. In this sense, displaced Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft.

## AI Etymology
Virtue is from Middle English vertu, virtue, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertu, virtu, from Latin virtus (“manliness, bravery, worth, moral excellence”), from vir (“man”). Doublet of vertu. See virile. In this sense, displaced Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft. Important historical forms include Middle English vertu, Anglo-Norman vertu, and Latin virtus. In present-day use, it can mean a good moral quality in a person, or behaviour that follows high moral standards; goodness. Derived formations include pseudovirtue, virtue-signaling, virtue-signalling, virtuous.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment
- Abstract Ideas

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