The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word VIRTUOUS
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More clues leading to the result VIRTUOUS
- Ethical malware’s caught out with reverse engineering
- Unconscious, getting up in grip of infection, becoming upright
- In error going up to stop one corrupting worthy
- Squeaky-clean when abroad, but coming back, overcome by bug
- Worthy doctor out to block Corona perhaps
- Pure pathogen gets back in circulation
- Dismissed rises in cause of disease for good
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What does VIRTUOUS mean?
VIRTUOUS adjective- Full of virtue, having excellent moral character.