morality vs virtue

morality

noun
  • A morality play. 

  • A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not. 

  • A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct. 

  • A particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil. 

  • Moral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil. 

  • Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results. 

virtue

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

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

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

  • 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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