Vocabulary
Virtue
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
behaviour showing high moral standards.
Urdu meaning
نیکی، اچھائی، فضیلت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- That is why they are taught by men and unfortunately but understandably often enough by their mothers to see their world in the household and virtue in obedience, tolerance, and suffering.
- The Establishment Division, by contrast, relies on the performance evaluation report, which is often written hastily, filled with diplomatic phrases, bears no relation to the officer`s actual contribution, and lacks the virtue of timelines.
- Harvard is certainly no paragon of virtue and has a chronically weak spine.
- The Quran considers justice to be a supreme virtue (5:8).
- Post-18th Amendment, by virtue of Article 10-A, the right to a fair trial and due process is enshrined as a constitutionally secured fundamental right.
Synonyms
goodness, virtuousness, righteousness, morality, ethicalness, uprightness, upstandingness,
Curator example
“paragons of virtue”
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