virtues

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cnoty

behavior showing high moral standards.

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paragons of virtue

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goodness righteousness morality uprightness integrity dignity rectitude honesty honor probity propriety decency respectability nobility worthiness worth good trustworthiness purity merit principles ethics

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vice iniquity

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cnoty

(in traditional Christian angelology) the seventh highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.

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virtue by virtue of make a virtue of necessity