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virtues

British  
/ -tʃuːz, ˈvɜːtjuːz /

plural noun

  1. (often capital) the fifth of the nine orders into which the angels are traditionally divided in medieval angelology

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Her essay on Albert Camus’s journals begins, “great writers are either husbands or lovers”—the former supply “solid virtues” and the latter “an infusion of intense feeling.”

From The Wall Street Journal

All of these biographies offer a full accounting of Roosevelt’s virtues and faults without resorting to caricature.

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Are the Rams really about to entrust star wide receiver Puka Nacua with the responsibility of projecting their virtues after the controversial week he just had?

From Los Angeles Times

Are the Rams really about to entrust him with the responsibility of projecting their virtues?

From Los Angeles Times

Among its virtues, the Studio Museum is commendably generous to its artists in residence, who have studios and their own lounge.

From The Wall Street Journal

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