virtuousness

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noun good

noun. religiousness

noun. good

noun. holiness

noun. holiness

late 14c., "chaste" (of women), from virtue + -ous. Earlier it was used in a sense of "valiant, valorous, manly" (c.1300).

The identification of happiness with virtue, however, necessitates the distinction between active virtue and virtuousness.

Virtuousness is a quality of the soul or of action; in the latter sense it is the essence of virtuous action.

What is thy opinion as to the virtuousness or otherwise of this state of things?

In short, a thorough belief in her own virtuousness and superior excellence was the key-note of her character.