俊しゅん徳とく

noun

great virtue; outstanding moral character

A classical or literary term for exceptional virtue or moral excellence. Not used in everyday conversation; appears mainly in historical or formal writing.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん学がくでは、俊しゅん徳とくを備そなえた人じん物ぶつが理り想そうとされることがある。

  In classical literature, a person endowed with great virtue is sometimes held up as an ideal.