virtuous

virtuous
    adj 1: morally excellent [ant: {wicked}]
    2: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a
       spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women
       must be pure and virginal" [syn: {pure}, {vestal}, {virgin},
       {virginal}, {virtuous}]
    

Virtuous \Vir"tu*ous\ (?; 135), a. [OE. vertuous, OF. vertuos,
   vertuous, F. vertueux, fr. L. Virtuous. See {Virtue}, and cf.
   {Virtuoso}.]
   1. Possessing or exhibiting virtue. Specifically: 
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      (a) Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous;
          valiant; brave. [Obs.]
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                Old Priam's son, amongst them all, was chiefly
                virtuous.                         --Chapman.
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      (b) Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative;
          efficacious; potent. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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                Lifting up his virtuous staff on high,
                He smote the sea, which calm['e]d was with
                speed.                            --Spenser.
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                Every virtuous plant and healing herb. --Milton.
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      (c) Having moral excellence; characterized by morality;
          upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action.
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                The virtuous mind that ever walks attended
                By a strong siding champion, conscience.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.
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            Mistress Ford . . . the virtuous creature, that hath
            the jealous fool to her husband.      --Shak.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Vir"tu*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Vir"tu*ous*ness}, n.
      [1913 Webster] Virulence
    

130 Moby Thesaurus words for "virtuous":
      Christian, advantageous, angelic, auspicious, beneficial,
      benevolent, blameless, blotless, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital,
      chaste, clean, cleanly, cogent, commendable, creditable, decent,
      effectual, efficacious, efficient, elegant, erect, estimable,
      ethical, excellent, exemplary, expedient, fair, fair-minded,
      faithful, famous, faultless, favorable, fine, full of integrity,
      godly, good, goodly, grand, guiltless, healthy, helpful,
      high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest,
      honorable, immaculate, in the clear, incorruptible, inculpable,
      innocent, inviolate, irreproachable, just, kind, laudable,
      law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, moral, moralistic,
      nice, noble, pleasant, principled, profitable, proper, pure,
      pure in heart, purehearted, regal, reputable, respectable, right,
      right-minded, righteous, royal, saintlike, saintly, scrupulous,
      seraphic, sexually innocent, sinless, skillful, snowy, sound,
      splendid, spotless, stainless, sterling, straight, taintless, true,
      true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled,
      true-spirited, truehearted, trustworthy, unblamable, unblemished,
      unblotted, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable,
      unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished,
      upright, uprighteous, upstanding, useful, valid, very good, virgin,
      virginal, white, without reproach, worthy, yeomanly