Collocations for virtue - noun
ADJ.
cardinal, great, special | chief | inherent
There is no inherent virtue in having read all the latest books.
There is no inherent virtue in having read all the latest books.
negative, positive
She has just one, negative virtue - she never tells lies. | The brochure makes a positive virtue of the island''s isolated position.
She has just one, negative virtue - she never tells lies. | The brochure makes a positive virtue of the island''s isolated position.
old-fashioned, traditional
He understands the traditional virtue of hard work.
He understands the traditional virtue of hard work.
Christian, ethical, moral | domestic | civic, public | political | easy
women of easy virtue (= with low standards of sexual morality)
women of easy virtue (= with low standards of sexual morality)
VERB + VIRTUE
have
Her book has the cardinal virtue of simplicity.
Her book has the cardinal virtue of simplicity.
emphasize, extol, preach
He never stops extolling the virtues of the free market.
He never stops extolling the virtues of the free market.
PHRASES
make a virtue of necessity
(= to manage to gain an advantage from sth you have to do and cannot avoid),
(= to manage to gain an advantage from sth you have to do and cannot avoid),
a paragon of virtue
It would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel jealous.
It would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel jealous.