Arete

From Ancient Greek ἀρετή.

Full definition of arete

Noun

1. Virtue, excellence.
• 1962, Lionel Ignacius Cusack Pearson, Popular Ethics in Ancient Greece, page 78 (translating a line from an old text):All arete is included in justice, Cyrnus.

Related terms

• aretaic

Variant of arête, which is from French.

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of arête

Anagrams

• eater, teare