| Main Entry: | plus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asset; something added |
Synonyms: |
advantage, benefit, bonus, extra, gain, good point, overage, overstock, oversupply, perk, surplus |
Antonyms: |
detriment, disadvantage, minus |
| Main Entry: | virtue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honor, integrity |
Synonyms: |
advantage, asset, character, charity, chastity, consideration, credit, ethic, ethicality, ethicalness, excellence, faith, faithfulness, fineness, fortitude, generosity, good point, goodness, high-mindedness, hope, ideal, incorruptibility, innocence, justice, kindness, love, merit, morality, plus*, probity, prudence, purity, quality, rectitude, respectability, righteousness, temper, temperance, trustworthiness, uprightness, value, worth, worthiness |
Antonyms: |
dishonor, evil, immorality, vice |
| Main Entry: | long suit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong point |
Synonyms: |
forte, good points, likable trait, métier, redeeming feature, redeeming quality, specialty, strength, strong suit |
| Main Entry: | saving grace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | redeeming feature |
Synonyms: |
extenuative, good point, palliative, point of character |
| Concept: | Virtue. |
| Category: | 3. Moral conditions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
virtue; virtuousness; morality; moral rectitude; integrity (probity); nobleness., morals; ethics (duty); cardinal virtues., merit, worth, desert, excellence, credit; self-control (resolution) [more]; self-denial (temperance) [more]., well-doing; good actions, good behavior; discharge of duty, fulfillment of duty, performance of duty; well-spent life; innocence.
-verbs
be virtuous; practice virtue; do one's duty, fulfill one's duty, perform one's duty, discharge one's duty; redeem one's pledge [more]; act well, act one's part; fight the good fight; acquit oneself well; command one's passions, master one's passions; keep in the right path., set an example, set a good example; be on one's good behavior, be on one's best behavior.
-adjectives
virtuous, good; innocent; meritorious, deserving, worthy, desertful, correct; dutiful, duteous; moral; right, righteous, right-minded; well-intentioned, creditable, laudable, commendable, praiseworthy; above all praise, beyond all praise; excellent, admirable; sterling, pure, noble; whole-souled., exemplary; matchless, peerless; saintly, saint-like; heaven-born, angelic, seraphic, godlike.
-adverbs
virtuously, e merito.
-phrases
esse quam videri bonus malebat [Sallust]; Schonheit vergeht Tugend besteht; "virtue the greatest of all monarchies" [Swift]; virtus laudatur et alget [Juvenal]; virtus
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Antonyms: |
vice |
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