English Explanatory Dictionary

make a virtue of necessity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.

Pronunciation

En-au-make a virtue of necessity.ogg

Word forms

make a virtue of necessity makes a virtue of necessity making a virtue of necessity made a virtue of necessity

Related words

make the best of a bad bargain necessity is the mother of invention
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