virtuous

adjective

1 they were entirely virtuous in their endeavors:

righteous, good, moral, morally correct, ethical, upright, upstanding, high-minded, right-minded, right-thinking, principled, exemplary, clean, law-abiding, lawful, irreproachable, blameless, guiltless, unimpeachable, just, honest, honorable, unbribable, incorruptible, anticorruption;

scrupulous, reputable, decent, respectable, noble, lofty, elevated, worthy, trustworthy, meritorious, praiseworthy, commendable, admirable, laudable;

pure, pure as the driven snow, whiter than white, sinless, saintly, saintlike, godly, angelic;

Christian Church immaculate, impeccable;

informal squeaky clean.

▷antonyms bad, sinful.

2 his virtuous sister had been threatened with seduction:

virginal, virgin, chaste, maidenly, vestal, celibate, abstinent;

pure, pure as the driven snow, sinless, free from sin, flawless, spotless, undefiled, untainted, unsullied, uncorrupted, intact, innocent, demure, modest, decent, seemly, decorous, wholesome.

▷antonyms promiscuous, sinful.