arete /ˈæɹɪtiː/noun 2/əˈɹɛt/ noun 1forms 2 noun2 •excellence, goodness; virtue.All arete is included in justice, Cyrnus. — 1962 •The proper state or condition for a human. arête /əˈɹɛt/ noun1 •A very thin ridge of rock.In his old department in Zürich, they sit in glass cases: models to the life of the peaks he had studied, with the strata painted beautifully and accurately, passing over arête and valley alike. — 2004 formsaretes · arêtes