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1
a quality that gives something special worth
- the virtue of wool as a clothing material is that it can provide insulation from the cold even when wet
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2
conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong
- a lady of honor and virtue
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3
strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger
- a military hero whose virtue inspired a nation
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- bottle
- [British slang],
- bravery,
- courage,
- courageousness,
- daring,
- daringness,
- dauntlessness,
- doughtiness,
- fearlessness,
- gallantry,
- greatheartedness,
- guts,
- gutsiness,
- hardihood,
- heart,
- heroism,
- intestinal fortitude,
- intrepidity,
- intrepidness,
- moxie,
- nerve,
- pecker
- [chiefly British],
- prowess,
- stoutness,
- valor
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- audacity,
- boldness,
- brazenness,
- cheek,
- cojones
- [slang],
- effrontery,
- gall,
- temerity
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