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Virtuous

Possessing or exhibiting virtue.

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Chaste 84% connected

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

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Chaste 84% connected

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

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Impeccable 84% connected

Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.

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Impeccable 84% connected

Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.

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Impeccant 84% connected

Sinless; impeccable.

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Impeccant 84% connected

Sinless; impeccable.

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Innocent 84% connected

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

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Innocent 84% connected

Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy.

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Sinless 84% connected

Free from sin.

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Sinless 84% connected

Free from sin.

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Derivationally related 2

Virtue 74% connected

Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.

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Virtue 74% connected

Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.

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See also 10

Chaste 66% connected

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

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Chaste 66% connected

Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent.

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Good 66% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Good 66% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

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Moral 66% connected

Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules…

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Moral 66% connected

Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules…

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Pious 66% connected

Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.

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Pious 66% connected

Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.

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Righteous 66% connected

Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a ri…

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Righteous 66% connected

Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a ri…

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Synonym 4

Pure 92% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Vestal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth; hence, pure; chaste.

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Virgin 92% connected

A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.

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Virginal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a virgin; becoming a virgin; maidenly.

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Near synonym 1

Good 80% connected

Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…

general 54% interchangeable

Virtuous overlaps with good, but its tone, intensity or usual context may differ. Check the definition before substituting it.

Antonym 2

Wicked 94% connected

Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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Wicked 94% connected

Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

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