ARETE meaning: Excellence in character and life

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arete: Merriam-Webster
arete: Collins English Dictionary
arete: Vocabulary.com
Arete, arete: Wordnik
arete: Wiktionary
arete: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
arete: Infoplease Dictionary
arete: Dictionary.com
arete: Online Etymology Dictionary
Arete (disambiguation), Arete (excellence), Arete (moral virtue), Arete (mythology), Arete (virtue), Arete: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
arete: Rhymezone
arete: FreeDictionary.org
arete: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
arete: Mnemonic Dictionary
arete: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Arete (virtue): Legal dictionary

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Arete (landform), Arete (virtue), arete: Encyclopedia

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arete: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (arete)

▸ noun:  (philosophy) Virtue, excellence.
▸ noun:  (philosophy) The proper state or condition for a human.
▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of arête [(geology) A very thin ridge of rock.]

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virtue, vertu, eudemonia, goodness, worth, thew, eutrapely, honor, enargia, paramita, more...

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kakia, mediocrity, inferiority

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greek, rive, east, sharp, true, political, narrow, west, steep, blunt, long

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gold, silver, bronze, white, blue, more...

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