Fault and Virtue

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Fault

Fault noun - A defect in character.
Usage example: the common fault of being quick to judge others
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Antonyms for Fault
Virtue is an antonym for fault in failing topic.
Nearby Words: faulty, faultless, faulted, faulting, faultily

Virtue

Virtue noun - A quality that gives something special worth.
Usage example: the virtue of wool as a clothing material is that it can provide insulation from the cold even when wet
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Fault is an antonym for virtue.
Nearby Words: virtuous, virtually, virtuously, virtu
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How words are described

good good fault good virtue
notable notable fault notable virtue
particular particular fault particular virtue
similar similar fault similar virtue
Other adjectives: complete, single, small, actual, real, great, little, main, social, personal, greater, greatest.

Both words in one sentence

  • And the comic being what it is, this is not treated as misplaced at all; after all, Shawn is at fault for Sterk's inaction by virtue of not being vegan.
    Source: Misplaced Retribution
  • Theatre / Measure for Measure Go to your bosom; knock there, and ask your heart, what it doth know that's like my brother's fault.Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.—Escalus, II.iA tragicomedy by William Shakespeare.
    Source: Theatre / Measure for Measure
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