ill vs virtue

ill

noun
  • Evil; moral wrongfulness. 

  • A physical ailment; an illness. 

  • Harm or injury. 

  • PCP, phencyclidine. 

  • Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity. 

adv
  • Not well; imperfectly, badly 

verb
  • To behave aggressively. 

adj
  • Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick. 

  • Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way. 

  • Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel. 

  • Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be. 

  • Having an urge to vomit. 

  • Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard. 

virtue

noun
  • A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person; an admirable quality. 

  • A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and below archangels. 

  • Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct. 

  • Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins. 

  • An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage. 

  • Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity. 

  • The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases). 

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