virtuousness

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noun

The state of being virtuous.

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beneficenceintegrityrectitudedogooderygoodheroismvirtueangelicality
OriginMiddle English vertuousnesse →
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Meanings

nounvirtuousness (countable and uncountable, plural virtuousnesses)

plural virtuousnesses

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being virtuous.

    Synonyms: beneficence, integrity, rectitude, beneficence, dogoodery, good, heroism, virtue

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state of being virtuous.

Similar
beneficenceintegrityrectitudebeneficencedogooderygoodheroismvirtueangelicalityangelicalnessangelicityangelicnessdecencygodlinesshonestyhonorintegrityprobitypropriety

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

Similar
virtuemoral excellence
Broader
goodgoodness
Also see
angelicalnessgodlinessgoodnessmoralitysaintlikenesssaintlinessvirtue

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishvertuousnesse
  2. Englishvirtuousness

From Middle English vertuousnesse; equivalent to virtuous + -ness.

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Translations

German Tugendhaftigkeit
  • Tugendhaftigkeitstate of being virtuous
Irish suáilceas
  • suáilceasstate of being virtuous
Swedish dygdighet
  • dygdighetstate of being virtuous
Turkish erdemlilik
  • erdemlilikstate of being virtuous
Cite this entry
APA

virtuousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virtuousness

MLA

“virtuousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virtuousness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “virtuousness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virtuousness.

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