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VIRTUOUSNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
Synonyms:
moral excellence; virtue; virtuousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("virtuousness" is a kind of...):
good; goodness (moral excellence or admirableness)
Derivation:
virtuous (morally excellent)