valor

nounbravery

Antonyms for valor

Word Origin & History

c.1300, "value, worth," from Old French valour "strength, value, valor," from Late Latin valorem (nominative valor) "value, worth," from stem of Latin valere "be worth, be strong" (see valiant). The meaning "courage" is first recorded 1580s, from Italian valore, from the same Late Latin word. (The Middle English word also had a sense of "worth or worthiness in respect of manly qualities").

Example Sentences forvalor

Yet what can I say, for all men know that your valor needs the curb and not the spur.

Celerity, valor, endurance, they were his iridescent neck and tail feathers.

He was the mightiest man of valor in that same day of this our life, stalwart and stately.

The ruler of Tripoli was abashed by this display of American energy and valor.

And valor—except of the imaginative brand—was not Issy's strong point.

These Spaniards had learned their lesson of valor in the north, and they had learned it well.

I know of nothing finer in history than these incidents of valor and patriotism.

Prussian valor and discipline in handling the needle-gun had won on the field.

"I'm grateful for their certificate of valor," I answered lightly.

What was not possible to valor was accomplished by trickery.

valor

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chivalrousness

courage

courageousness

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