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VIRTUOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does virtuousness mean?
• VIRTUOUSNESS (noun)
The noun VIRTUOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
Familiarity information: VIRTUOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
moral excellence; virtue; virtuousness
Hypernyms ("virtuousness" is a kind of...):
good; goodness (moral excellence or admirableness)
Derivation:
virtuous (morally excellent)
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